* lisp/mb-depth.el (minibuffer-depth-indicator): New face.

(minibuffer-depth-setup): Use new face and add a single space between
the depth indicator and the minibuffer prompt.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2020-12/msg00230.html

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mb-depth.el b/lisp/mb-depth.el
index 06da0739d6b..ea2ea174b50 100644
--- a/lisp/mb-depth.el
+++ b/lisp/mb-depth.el
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 It is called with one argument, the minibuffer depth,
 and must return a string.")
 
+(defface minibuffer-depth-indicator '((t :inherit highlight))
+  "Face to use for minibuffer depth indicator."
+  :version "28.1")
+
 ;; An overlay covering the prompt.  This is a buffer-local variable in
 ;; each affected minibuffer.
 ;;
@@ -52,7 +56,10 @@ The prompt should already have been inserted."
       (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'before-string
                    (if minibuffer-depth-indicator-function
                        (funcall minibuffer-depth-indicator-function depth)
-                     (propertize (format "[%d]" depth) 'face 'highlight)))
+                     (concat (propertize (format "[%d]" depth)
+                                         'face
+                                         'minibuffer-depth-indicator)
+                             " ")))
       (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'evaporate t))))
 
 ;;;###autoload