bug#1662: 23.0.60; Interactive not using minibuffer prompt face

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Geoff Gole <geoffgole@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.