Re: Should minibuffer prompt be made intangible by default? (Was debbugs 21874: 25.0.50; point-entered no longer works)

[Stefan Monnier]

> Is that right? That will work in this case, but in general isn't it a bad
> idea to setq a defcustom, given that it won't run its :set form?

That's why there's the

   (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'cursor-intangible-mode)

You should always be able to set things up with good ol' setq
and friends.  Custom is something you *can* use but shouldn't have to
(tho, admittedly, currently our story for Elisp-level customization of
faces is rather poor, so for those I think that Custom is the only
reasonable option).


        Stefan