Re: Avoiding moving point into minibuffer prompt area

[Richard M. Stallman]

    >Normally, delete-backward-char at the beginning of the buffer
    >gives an error, "Beginning of buffer".  It would seem strange
    >if, when just after the prompt, it did nothing at all.
    >  
    >
    Perhaps not. Is not this another situation. The buffer could be scrolled 
    down (for example).

I don't understand; I think we are failing to communicate.