Re: Annoying message "Text is read only"
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Re: Annoying message "Text is read only"         

Group: gnu.emacs.help · Group Profile
Author: Davin Pearson
Date: Sep 16, 2008 01:44

On Sep 16, 7:29 pm, Daniel Pittman rimspace.net> wrote:
> This is a traditional default; try:
>
>    M-x customize-variable minibuffer-prompt-properties
>
> Enable the "Don't Enter" option and save your changes, which will
> implement what you expect.  (Well, no beep, but you can't move over the
> text any longer.)

The following code appears to work:

(setq minibuffer-prompt-properties (remove 'read-only minibuffer-
prompt-properties))
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