Re: Avoiding moving point into minibuffer prompt area

[Lennart Borgman]

Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>    >The command delete-backward-char is going to fail because the text is
>    >read-only.  What exactly do you suggest that it do?
>
>    I would just like... point to stop where it is then.
>
> Normally, delete-backward-char at the beginning of the buffer
> gives an error, "Beginning of buffer".  It would seem strange
> if, when just after the prompt, it did nothing at all.
>  
Perhaps not. Is not this another situation. The buffer could be scrolled 
down (for example).

>    In the minibuffer there is by default (emacs -Q) no color that tells 
>    where the prompt ends.
>
> The prompt uses the face `minibuffer-prompt'.  Are you saying this
> does not work for you?  It works for me.
>  
No. I tried to say that the default face for the minibuffer prompt does 
not have any special background color.

> It is hard for me to understand the rest of your message.  It seems
> to cover many topics and I do not see the relationship between them.
>  
Maybe I should have to learn that communication by email is a bit 
different than in real life. What I tried to say was that it is common 
GUI design to use a special background color for the areas you can not 
move into in a window (Emacs frame). Emacs does that to. For example for 
the mode line, the menu bar etc. The same kind of visual clue could be 
used for the prompt in the minibuffer.

And I will not say more now. I stop to make this a clear starting point.