Re: Use of minibuffer-prompt face when minibuffer is not involved

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 06:52:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Active minibuffer is in _no_ way "an internal detail".

You have 2 core Emacs developers disagree with you, which is a clear
sign that you are wrong.

> "Grave mistake"?  Why do you say so?  (No reason given.)

I actually did give a reason, please re-read what I wrote.

> We (since Emacs 22, at least) now provide two different
> faces for the mode-line, to show which window is active
> (selected) - which has the focus.  This is very similar:
> the minibuffer is a buffer in a window.

No, selected window is an entirely different concept.

> No argument has been given yet supporting _why_ this
> should be considered "internal".  Just two opinions
> strongly proclaiming that it _is_ an internal detail.
> Why do you think so?

Read the code, and you will clearly see that.