Re: map-y-or-n does not use minibuffer-prompt face

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Kim F. Storm wrote:

> Well, I would consider that to be rather obscure.  
>
> By definition, minibuffer-prompt is the face for minibuffer prompts,
> and it should be safe to assume that, and not have to wade through
> minibuffer-prompt-properties to see if the user has specified a
> different face for the face property.
>
> Placing some other face in minibuffer-prompt-properties
> is against the intentions of that I think.
>
> So IMO it is pretty obscure to allow the user to modify the
> face property in the defcustom for minibuffer-prompt-properties.
> If anything, it should be a boolean which says:
>
>   [x] use minibuffer-prompt face
>
> instead of allowing the user to change the face used.

I do not think it is that obscure. There is however a variable missing 
here, the defvar minibuffer-prompt. Normally there is such variable 
pointing to the face. The purpose is to make customizations easier.

However in this case it is omitted. If I remember correctly it was 
omitted because it seemed unnecessary when minibuffer-prompt-properties 
could be changed instead. (I think RMS did it this way.)