Password prompt is too short

[porridge]

1) Start "ekg2 -u test -n" in standard 80x25 terminal.

2) Type:

session -a gg:123456789

session password

You will see:

Password fo…g:123456789: |

which is needlessly made that short, as there is plenty of columns left.

[pinochet]

I am not able to check this bug on QT but on ncurses there is no such bug. Maybe it had been just fixed?

[porridge]

Replying to pinochet:

I am not able to check this bug on QT but on ncurses there is no such bug. Maybe it had been just fixed?

No, it is still present as of r4789. Updating bug description with proper instructions to reproduce.

[pinochet]

Hi I do some research and discover ;-) that "It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature!" for real. In ncurses/old.c line 302:

const int maxlen = (n->window && n->window->_maxx ? n->window->_maxx : 80) / 3;

It's mean that prompt can't be longer than one-third of window width. So after enlarge window this behavior will not occur. Standard width of 80 gives maxlen=26 while prompt length of standard 8-digits gg uid is 25 so it's suitable. Question is What to do with other id's like xmpp:very_long_xmpp_login@very_long_xmpp_provider

[mgorny]

Please note that in most cases prompt contains username instead of UID. And still that's better than leaving no space for input. But I'll take a look at it and try to disable prompt shortening with password magic.

[mgorny]

Ok, try r4790.

[porridge]

Works OK, thanks.