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    >       1) Sometimes (such as in my Calc example) you want the
    > 	 minibuffer to use the same modified default face as the buffer,
    > 	 but only in that frame.
    > 
    > Do we always want this?  Should the minibuffer use the face definitions
    > of the main buffer?

    What's `the main buffer'?

The simplest definition is, the buffer that was current when you
issued the command.

    But I think my Calc examples is somewhat atypical.

Should that Calc example do something special to copy the face
definitions from the current buffer?