Re: shell: Password prompt eats control characters

2006-11-13 Thread Chong Yidong
Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > M-x shell > $ ssh bla.bla.bla > whereupon we are cleverly prompted for the password in the minibuffer. > > Well, the password Bob sent me was in a different buffer, which one > needs to use C-x b to get to. But no, every darn character, > including C-x,

shell: Password prompt eats control characters

2006-11-12 Thread Dan Jacobson
M-x shell $ ssh bla.bla.bla #or just: $ echo -n Password:\ ; read whereupon we are cleverly prompted for the password in the minibuffer. Well, the password Bob sent me was in a different buffer, which one needs to use C-x b to get to. But no, every darn character, including C-x, is munched as par