changeset 57790:7f5cac500c59

(Reading a Password): Revert.

--- a/lispref/ChangeLog	Fri Oct 29 21:21:33 2004 +0000
+++ b/lispref/ChangeLog	Fri Oct 29 21:23:08 2004 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
[phone]  Simon Josefsson  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* minibuf.texi (Reading a Password): Revert.
+
 2004-10-28  Richard M. Stallman  <[e-mail]>
 
 	* frames.texi (Display Feature Testing): Explain about "vendor".

--- a/lispref/minibuf.texi	Fri Oct 29 21:21:33 2004 +0000
+++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi	Fri Oct 29 21:23:08 2004 +0000
@@ -1660,32 +1660,6 @@
   To read a password to pass to another program, you can use the
 function @code{read-passwd}.
 
-@cindex password cache
-  Passwords are sometimes needed several times throughout an Emacs
-session.  Then it can be useful to avoid having to ask for a password
-more than once.  Passwords are entered into the password cache using
-the function @code{password-cache-add}.  To read a password, possibly
-retrieving the password from the cache without querying the user, you
-can use the function @code{password-read}.  The two calls can be
-combined into the function @code{password-read-and-add} that read a
-password and store it in the cache.
-
-  Typically users do not use the same password for all services.  The
-password cache mechanism use a @samp{key} string to differentiate
-among the passwords.  The @samp{key} string is typically a fixed
-string chosen to be related to what the password is used for.  For
-example, a password used when connecting to a @acronym{IMAP} mail
-server called @samp{mail.example.org}, could use a @samp{key} string
-of @samp{imap:mail.example.org}.  You can use any string, as long as
-it is reasonably unique.
-
-@cindex password expiry
-Passwords in the cache typically expire after a while (controlled by
-the variable @code{password-cache-expiry}), but you can force removal
-of a password using the function @code{password-cache-remove}.  This
-is useful when there is a problem with the password, to avoid using
-the same incorrect password from the cache in the future.
-
 @defun read-passwd prompt &optional confirm default
 This function reads a password, prompting with @var{prompt}.  It does
 not echo the password as the user types it; instead, it echoes @samp{.}
@@ -1701,41 +1675,6 @@
 then @code{read-passwd} returns the null string in that case.
 @end defun
 
-@defun password-read prompt key
-Read a password from the user, using @code{read-passwd}, prompting
-with @var{prompt}.  If a password has been stored in the password
-cache, using @code{password-cache-add} on the same @var{key}, it is
-returned directly, without querying the user.
-@end defun
-
-@defun password-cache-add key password
-Add a password to the password cache, indexed under the given
-@var{key}.  The password is later retrieved using @code{password-read}
-called with the same @var{key}.
-@end defun
-
-@defun password-cache-remove key
-Remove a password from the cache, indexed under the given @var{key}.
-@end defun
-
-@defun password-read-and-add prompt &optional key
-Read a password, prompting with @var{prompt}, and possibly add it to
-the cache, indexed using the @var{key} string.  This is one-call
-interface to @code{password-read} and @code{password-cache-add}.
-@end defun
-
-@defvar password-cache-expiry
-This variable specify for how many seconds passwords are retained in
-the password cache before they are expired.  For high security, use a
-low value (below a minute).  For more lax security, use a setting of
-@samp{14400} corresponding to half a work day (4 hours).
-@end defvar
-
-@defvar password-cache
-This variable toggle whether or not the password cache is used at all.
-The default is non-@code{nil}, i.e., to use the cache.
-@end defvar
-
 @node Minibuffer Misc
 @section Minibuffer Miscellany