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23.0.60; Interactive not using minibuffer prompt face

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Message #25 received at 1662 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: "Geoff Gole" <geoffgole <at> gmail.com>, 1662 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "martin rudalics" <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#1662: 23.0.60; Interactive not using minibuffer prompt face
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:57 +0100

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Geoff Gole <geoffgole <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> Strictly spoken, this is not a bug.  "c" uses `read-char', "k" and "K"
>> use `read-key-sequence' and, by specification, neither of these use the
>> minibuffer.  So `minibuffer-prompt' doesn't apply here.
>
> That makes sense. However, I do think that highlighting prompts in the
> minibuffer is a good idea even in situations where the minibuffer is
> not used directly.
>
> Isearch in emacs 23 seems to do that, so there is some precedent.

Yes, the purpose of the special minibuffer-prompt is to make the user
aware that input will be treated specially at the moment.

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