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Subject: Re: Use of minibuffer-prompt face when minibuffer is not involved
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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 18:36:28 -0400
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > The question raised for emacs-devel by this thread
> > is whether non-minbuffer prompting should have a
> > face, and if so, which face.
> 
> My answer was to this question.  Let me repeat it to make it clear:
> the difference between minibuffer prompts and
> non-minibuffer prompts should be a purely internal one.

And I agree 100%.  I think it's a grave mistake to try to tell the
user via faces whether some prompt/text is in the active minibuffer or
not.  That just confuses the user with no real gain.

Active minibuffer is an internal detail.  I wish it didn't exist at
all, but our implementation forces us to have it.  Exposing that to
users is exactly the wrong idea.