# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1131117912 0 # Node ID 24b48f5420b7172732451f653d2572134f1a86f3 # Parent 8ca1d09ed4d4dc6a3cf1b95ef98e52f377306086 (Shell Mode): Describe how to activate password echoing. diff -r 8ca1d09ed4d4 -r 24b48f5420b7 man/misc.texi --- a/man/misc.texi Fri Nov 04 15:22:14 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/misc.texi Fri Nov 04 15:25:12 2005 +0000 @@ -645,12 +645,13 @@ echoing. This is useful when a shell command runs a program that asks for a password. -Alternatively, you can arrange for Emacs to notice password prompts -and turn off echoing for them, as follows: +Please note that Emacs will not echo passwords by default. If you +really want them to be echoed, evaluate the following Lisp +expression: @example -(add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions - 'comint-watch-for-password-prompt) +(remove-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions + 'comint-watch-for-password-prompt) @end example @item M-x comint-continue-subjob