Ashfaq <quazi.ashfaq@gmail.com> writes:

> Within the host, I opened an org file with the emacs. Now it can hide
> the stars.  However, interestingly, when I ssh-ed into the host with
> 'putty' and opened the same file with emacs, it shows the stars.

Do they have different colour backgrounds? Hide star is really just a
hack by setting the stars to the same colour as the background.