Re: GtkEntryBuffer as a 'secure' entry

[Adam Schreiber <sadam gnome org>]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Stef Walter<stef-list memberwebs com> wrote:
> I've been working on a GTK+ feature I think that seahorse, gnome-keyring
> and other 'security' applications can use:
>
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.17/GtkEntryBuffer.html
>
> GtkEntryBuffer is like a model for a GtkEntry. It allows us to to store
> a prompted for password in non-pageable memory. It'll allow us to get
> rid of the 'secure entry' code in seahorse and gnome-keyring,
> krb5-auth-dialog and other places in GNOME.
>
> It'll be in GTK+ 2.18. I guess we should wait until 2.18 is released
> before depending on this new feature?

How does this "new" entry work with cut, copy and paste (see bugs and
an earlier email in the archive)?

Adam