Re: Avoiding moving point into minibuffer prompt area

[Lennart Borgman]

Luc Teirlinck wrote:

> David Reitter wrote:
>
>   (I delete text pretty often that's in the minibuffer, and then I
>   accidentally get into the prompt), so I set 'read-only' (similar to
>   inviolable, i guess) as a default in Aquamacs.
>
> No, read-only prevents you from erasing the text, not from moving into it.
> read-only _is_ on by default.
>  
Which is a big difference compared to shell buffers where you can erase 
the prompt. That too was a surprise to me in the beginning.

How the prompt is handled does not seem so consistent as you maybe 
hastily thought before. So I must say this area is prone to 
misunderstanding. I still believe the best is to make it simple for 
beginners and not let the point move in to the minibuffer prompt.