Variable: read-hide-char

read-hide-char is a variable defined in minibuf.c.

Value

nil

Documentation

Whether to hide input characters in noninteractive mode.

If non-nil, it must be a character, which will be used to mask the input characters. This variable should never be set globally.

This variable also overrides the default character that read-passwd uses to hide passwords.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 25.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/minibuf.c
  DEFVAR_LISP ("read-hide-char", Vread_hide_char,
	       doc: /* Whether to hide input characters in noninteractive mode.
If non-nil, it must be a character, which will be used to mask the
input characters.  This variable should never be set globally.

This variable also overrides the default character that `read-passwd'
uses to hide passwords.  */);