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Re: read -sq

On 2021-02-21 1:00 p.m., Bart Schaefer wrote:

Depending on where/why you're using "read -q", you can potentially get
this effect by using "zle read-command" instead.

Thanks I'll take a look but I hafta admit:
...

   : ${(P)${1:-REPLY}::=''}
Up to now the only time I've come across an exposed colon is in my nasty block comments 
so this is fundamental syntax that I still don't understand.
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