From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Avoiding moving point into minibuffer prompt area Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:10:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200508160510.j7G5A7I06387@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124170294 19193 80.91.229.2 (16 Aug 2005 05:31:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:31:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 16 07:31:30 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4u1m-0002yq-Hm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:30:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4u5B-00010I-C9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:33:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E4u3u-0000sP-DB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:32:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E4u3n-0000pk-Tz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:32:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4u3n-0000f5-IV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:32:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E4txr-0001WI-M7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7G5ANqt005986; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:10:23 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j7G5A7I06387; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:10:07 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: drew.adams@oracle.com In-reply-to: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:42104 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:42104 Drew Adams wrote: I think I'm missing something here, and I'd like to learn. What minibuffer text are you referring to copying - something from the prompt? Can you give an example? I am referring to copying the prompt. This is routinely necessary when describing bugs or misfeatures involving the minibuffer. One possible compromise, assuming there is a useful use case for copying prompt text, would be to permit copying it with the mouse, but still inhibit moving the cursor into the prompt by command or keyboard. Would that be good enough? That would force one to use the mouse and assumes that one has a mouse available. I note too that, by design, commands like `C-a' do not move into the prompt. That is because of field properties. To see this, do C-x C-f, move into the prompt (sorry) and to C-u x = Sincerely, Luc.