Re: Automatic minor modes?

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Could be just a few regexen for prettify-symbols-mode. Comes with an
>>> ability to unmask the one the point is on.
>
> LI> It's similar, yes, but it should have commands to allow
> LI> unmasking/remasking a single password, I think?
>
> prettify-symbols-mode has built-in the perfect tool for what
> you're describing, `prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point':
>
> prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point is a variable defined in ‘prog-mode.el’.
> Its value is ‘right-edge’

Ah, cool, then we should perhaps just activate that minor mode in
.authino/.netrc buffers?  (With the appropriate regexps to hide the
"passwd" token.)

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