Subject: suggest minibuffer M-< go to start of text

From: Kevin Ryde <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:42:43 +1000

In the minibuffer it'd be good if M-<, currently `beginning-of-buffer',
went to the start of the editable text rather than the start of the
prompt.  The start of editable text would match what C-a
`move-beginning-of-line' now does.

Dunno if it'd be best to have a function recognising "field" stuff, or
just a different keybinding in the minibuffer.  I've been using the
couple of lines below.  It's good when you've got a multiple lines in
the minibuffer.

(defun my-minibuffer-beginning-of-buffer ()
  (interactive)
  (or (and (fboundp 'region-active-p) ;; new in emacs23
           (region-active-p))
      (push-mark))
  (if (<= (point) (minibuffer-prompt-end))
      (goto-char (point-min))
    (goto-char (minibuffer-prompt-end))))
(define-key minibuffer-local-map "\M-<" 'my-minibuffer-beginning-of-buffer)

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