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Say I have text:

This read only text ends here>*********************|

The This read only text ends here> is read only while the asterisks are are not. When the (move-to-read-only-end) is called, I want the cursor to move right after the >. Like this:

This read only text ends here>|*********************

How can the (move-to-read-only-end) be written?

EDIT: Adding comment here per advice,

"In eshell, the prompt is read only but when you write commands those are not. So, I want to be able to move at the end of the prompt and the start of the commands."

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  • You first need to tell us what makes that text read-only. Is it that the buffer characters have text-property read-only? Or is there an overlay on those buffer positions that has overlay property read-only?
    – Drew
    Oct 14, 2020 at 17:44
  • In eshell, the prompt is read only but when you write commands those are not. So, I want to be able to move at the end of the prompt and the start of the commands. Does that make sense?
    – scribe
    Oct 14, 2020 at 18:46
  • OK, please specify that in your question. Comments can be deleted at any time. If you put your cursor within the prompt (e.g. using the mouse) and do C-u C-x = you'll see that it says that there is a read-only text property there (which answers my question to you).
    – Drew
    Oct 14, 2020 at 22:11

2 Answers 2

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Since you're asking about eshell specifically, you should be able to use the command eshell-bol, which is bound to C-a by default. It moves the cursor to the end of the prompt on the current line.

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Maybe something like this:

(defun move-to-read-only-end ()
  "..."
  (interactive)
  (goto-char (or (next-single-property-change (point) 'read-only)
                 (line-end-position))))

Here, function next-single-property-change gives you the first position where property read-only changes its value. Or it gives you nil, in which case you go to the end of the line.

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