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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-28 10:27:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-28 10:27:29 -0700 |
| commit | e0d9c3c9a26ba2982595ec2ec4a1167ee7e39ddb (patch) | |
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| parent | b084415e278d54c6f9ee8406b1af8adc2364576c (diff) | |
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Merge from emacs-24; up to 2014-06-12T14:55:48Z!monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi index 19f941ba68d..e76b827cd2f 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi @@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ the minibuffer is in a separate frame. @xref{Minibuffers and Frames}. When Emacs is running in batch mode, any request to read from the minibuffer actually reads a line from the standard input descriptor that -was supplied when Emacs was started. +was supplied when Emacs was started. This supports only basic input: +none of the special minibuffer features (history, completion, +password hiding, etc.) are available in batch mode. @node Text from Minibuffer @section Reading Text Strings with the Minibuffer @@ -2146,7 +2148,8 @@ function @code{read-passwd}. @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{.} -for each character in the password. +for each character in the password. (Note that in batch mode, the +input is not hidden.) The optional argument @var{confirm}, if non-@code{nil}, says to read the password twice and insist it must be the same both times. If it isn't |