From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Use of minibuffer-prompt face when minibuffer is not involved
Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 09:25:35 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o949ecdc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvftpm9buh.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 10 May 2019 18:36:28 -0400)
> 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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-11 6:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-10 18:35 Use of minibuffer-prompt face when minibuffer is not involved Kévin Le Gouguec
2019-05-10 20:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-05-10 21:59 ` Drew Adams
2019-05-10 22:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-05-11 6:25 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-05-11 13:22 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
[not found] ` <<jwvftpm9buh.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <<83o949ecdc.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-05-11 13:52 ` Drew Adams
2019-05-11 14:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-05-12 22:31 ` Richard Stallman
2019-05-12 23:32 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <<<jwvftpm9buh.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <<<83o949ecdc.fsf@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <<c7e501bb-9dd8-4b00-8647-d0731f2b2565@default>
[not found] ` <<83o949cc88.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-05-11 14:34 ` Drew Adams
2019-05-11 13:50 ` Solving bug#35564 (was: Use of minibuffer-prompt face when minibuffer is not involved) Kévin Le Gouguec
2019-05-11 14:13 ` Solving bug#35564 Stefan Monnier
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