Mercurial > pidgin.yaz
changeset 20033:b88747698e96
Explain what PurpleAccountOption.masked and its setters and getters
actually mean.
| author | Will Thompson <will.thompson@collabora.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:19:08 +0000 |
| parents | cd2b19529dff |
| children | 1691f4c9b6a8 |
| files | libpurple/accountopt.h |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/libpurple/accountopt.h Fri Sep 14 08:40:06 2007 +0000 +++ b/libpurple/accountopt.h Fri Sep 14 13:19:08 2007 +0000 @@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ } default_value; - gboolean masked; - + gboolean masked; /**< Whether the value entered should be + * obscured from view (for passwords and + * similar options) + */ } PurpleAccountOption; /** @@ -184,10 +186,12 @@ const char *value); /** - * Sets the masking for an account option. + * Sets the masking for an account option. Setting this to %TRUE acts + * as a hint to the UI that the option's value should be obscured from + * view, like a password. * * @param option The account option. - * @param masked The masking. + * @param masked The masking. */ void purple_account_option_set_masked(PurpleAccountOption *option, gboolean masked); @@ -282,11 +286,13 @@ const PurpleAccountOption *option); /** - * Returns the masking for an account option. + * Returns whether an option's value should be masked from view, like a + * password. If so, the UI might display each character of the option + * as a '*' (for example). * * @param option The account option. * - * @return The masking. + * @return %TRUE if the option's value should be obscured. */ gboolean purple_account_option_get_masked(const PurpleAccountOption *option);