Re: [dev] [bug] slock gets red before submitting pass

From: Brad Luther <bradkluther_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:30:12 -0200

But if the behavior for Markus is different, then his slock is bugged :)
I am on git HEAD, yes.
Try updating and see if that fixes it.

Thanks.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Brad Luther <bradkluther_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> So the screen:
> --- turns blue when any key is pressed
> --- turns red when a failed password is entered OR an entire buffer is deleted
> Following this logic, then it really isn't a bug.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:16 PM, FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:58:56 -0200
>> Brad Luther <bradkluther_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Brad,
>>
>>> I think I found a bug on slock.
>>
>> No this is not a bug.
>>
>>> If you're typing your password and gets a char wrong, you go and
>>> delete the char, then continue to type the pass and 'enter' to unlock
>>> the screen. All good, screen is blue all the time.
>>> Unless... you get the first char wrong. If you mistype the first char
>>> of your password and 'backspace' to delete it, the screen goes red
>>> even though you didn't 'enter' the wrong password.
>>
>> The wanted behaviour is that if somebody touches your computer and types
>> anything on the computer, the screen has to be either red or blue.
>> red indicating a typing attempt of wrong pw and blue meaning that
>> currently something is being entered.
>> When you remove a character from a password string, which is not the
>> last, slock thinks you are still in editing mode (which is true) so
>> it shows blue.
>> Now, if you remove the last char, for slock you are like the evil
>> coworker typing something in but then thinking: shit, there he is
>> coming! quick, remove the entry.
>> It's all a security measure so you can see when you go back to your
>> computer that someone fucked with it.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> FRIGN
>>
>> --
>> FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
>>
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