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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Will <schimpanski@gmx.de>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inconsistent behavior in minibuffer
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:01:29 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u1wfgauzq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4693AE6D.7070702@gmx.de> (message from Will on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:06:05 +0200)

> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:06:05 +0200
> From: Will <schimpanski@gmx.de>
> 
> if I open a file C-x C-f
> then C-0 C-k deletes the path but not "Find file".

Right, I see this too.

> but C-a jumps back to the Column 0 (before "Find file")

It does?  I don't see this on my system.  Could you please try this in
"emacs -Q"?  If the problem goes away, there's something in your
.emacs init file that causes this.

> In a larger context it is inconsistent that a buffer can be read-only
> (cf. "Find File" prompt) and editable (cf. <path>) at the same time.

Well, the idea is that we allow to edit everything except the prompt.
Sounds pretty much consistent to me; other GUI programs behave
similarly.  The fact that the minibuffer is just another Emacs buffer,
albeit a special one, and a buffer is normally either entirely
read-only or entirely editable, is not the issue here, IMO, since
typing at the prompt is a very special situation.

      reply	other threads:[~2007-07-10 20:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-10 16:06 Inconsistent behavior in minibuffer Will
2007-07-10 20:01 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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