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* Completion:: How to invoke and customize completion.
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* Yes-or-No Queries:: Asking a question with a simple answer.
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* Multiple Queries:: Asking a series of similar questions.
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* Reading a Password:: Reading a password from the terminal.
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* Minibuffer Misc:: Various customization hooks and variables.
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@end menu
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The return value of @code{map-y-or-n-p} is the number of objects acted on.
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@end defun
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@node Reading a Password
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@section Reading a Password
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@cindex passwords, reading
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To read a password to pass to another program, you can use the
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function @code{read-passwd}.
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@tindex read-passwd
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@defun read-passwd prompt &optional confirm default
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This function reads a password, prompting with @var{prompt}. It does
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not echo the password as the user types it; instead, it echoes @samp{.}
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for each character in the password.
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The optional argument @var{confirm}, if non-@code{nil}, says to read the
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password twice and insist it must be the same both times. If it isn't
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the same, the user has to type it over and over until the last two
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times match.
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The optional argument @var{default} specifies the default password to
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return if the user enters empty input. If @var{default} is @code{nil},
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then @code{read-passwd} returns the null string in that case.
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@end defun
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@node Minibuffer Misc
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@section Minibuffer Miscellany
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* Getting Out:: How exiting works (permanent or temporary).
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* System Environment:: Distinguish the name and kind of system.
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* User Identification:: Finding the name and user id of the user.
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* Reading a Password:: Reading a password from the terminal.
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* Time of Day:: Getting the current time.
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* Time Conversion:: Converting a time from numeric form to a string, or
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to calendrical data (or vice versa).
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This function returns the effective @sc{uid} of the user.
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@end defun
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@node Reading a Password
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@section Reading a Password
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@cindex passwords, reading
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To read a password to pass to another program, you can use the
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function @code{read-passwd}.
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@tindex read-passwd
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@defun read-passwd prompt &optional confirm default
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This function reads a password, prompting with @var{prompt}. It does
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not echo the password as the user types it; instead, it echoes @samp{.}
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for each character in the password.
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The optional argument @var{confirm}, if non-@code{nil}, says to read the
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password twice and insist it must be the same both times. If it isn't
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the same, the user has to type it over and over until the last two
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times match.
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The optional argument @var{default} specifies the default password to
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return if the user enters empty input. If @var{default} is @code{nil},
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then @code{read-passwd} returns the null string in that case.
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@end defun
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@node Time of Day
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@section Time of Day
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How to control how much information is kept.
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* Filling:: Functions for explicit filling.
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* Margins:: How to specify margins for filling commands.
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* Adaptive Fill: Adaptive Fill mode chooses a fill prefix from context.
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* Adaptive Fill:: Adaptive Fill mode chooses a fill prefix from context.
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* Auto Filling:: How auto-fill mode is implemented to break lines.
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* Sorting:: Functions for sorting parts of the buffer.
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* Columns:: Computing horizontal positions, and using them.
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