On 12/15/25 10:39 PM, Martin D Kealey wrote:
I imagine it's fairly rare to have “read -e -s” in existing code, since “- e” is /currently/ pointless when “-s” is in effect, so there aren't likely to be many who will be surprised by this, and even if they are, it's entirely cosmetic.Having “set echo-substitution :auto” as the default would make it clearer to naïve users that their shell isn't "stuck" when the terminal is in “stty -echo” mode, though they might still ask questions along the lines of “why is my shell prompt in ‘password’ mode?”Chet: is there any likelihood of incorporating this patch?
Doesn't this seem like incredible overkill for something that is rarely
requested and would be rarely used?
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