Comment by moffkalast
6 months ago
Actually now that I think about it, showing the entered length is very useful, cause I often find myself entering the wrong password for something else, realizing 2/3 the way through and I have two options: to hold backspace for some random amount of time (usually for not nearly long enough cause there's no feedback as to how many characters remain to delete), or enter the wrong one and wait for the long ass delay to let me do it again.
On some systems I've gone as far as removing that delay. It's either that, reusing the same password everywhere, or losing my fucking mind. This should fix that wonderfully.
Maybe it works for <=10 character passwords, but it seems to me that if you are counting asterisks in a longer password because you lost track of you input, then you are better off using C-u to clear the password and enter it from scratch.
That said, with any feedback that confirms my key was pressed I can pretty much always correct a mistake using backspace without trouble (with backspace also having visual feedback).