Re: [gtk-list] Re: gtk_entry and passwords...

[Szekeres Istvan <szekeres pc0176sd sysdata siemens at>]

On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Otto Hammersmith wrote:

> > Otto Hammersmith writes:
> > >I'm trying to get a gtk_entry suitable for entering a password (i.e.,
> > >no echoed text) and I can't seem to make it do just what I want.  Has
> > >anyone out there managed to get it to work?
> > 
> 
> So, the question is why didn't setting the colors work quite well
> enough, and why didn't overriding draw_string work either?
> 

If the password entry field contains an unencrypted password (plaintext, and
not "***"-s), you can cut&paste it, which is IMHO a Bad Thing.


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