Oct. 2, 2015
12:46 a.m.
On 10/1/2015 1:12 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 01:55:49PM -0400, Jim J. Jewett wrote:
Will the secrets module offer any ... a getpass that works even in IDLE?
I would expect that if getpass doesn't work in IDLE, that's a bug (in IDLE or getpass, I'm not sure :-)
Since Jim did not explain the implied 'does not work' I will guess that 'works' means replacing all typed or pasted chars with '*' before they are echoed to the screen. One can do this with tk(inter) and, I presume, any or all gui frameworks in use with Python. Text mode is tricker as system-specific commands are needed, and they may not work when tk (or another gui framework?) has control of the keyboard and screen. -- Terry Jan Reedy