On 7/26/07, Douglas S. Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there an easy way that one can enter a password in IDLE but not have
> the characters show (or just show asterisks)? The only way I can think of
> is to bind(<KeyPress>) but that seems to be overkill. I'm looking for
> something like replacing sys.stdout or some Tkinter function. Any hints
> appreciated.
A good starting point would be:
from tkSimpleDialog import askstring
askstring('Enter Password', 'Password: ', show='*')
You'd have to work out a few Tk kinks to get it to work smoothly...
but it works.
- Tal
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