It appears to be a vi(m)-style command prompt. If you hit the tab key after 
invoking it, you'll probably see some commands auto-fill... maybe it's for 
debugging lua scripts?

On 2014-01-26 [email protected] wrote:
> 
> If I type a colon in darktable window a dialogue box appears containing
> the colon and I am able to continue entering characters, but they seem to
> do nothing.  Is there a purpose for this ?function?
> 
> This is not somethin new, I noticed it some time ago, months, and never
> questioned it.
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> tks,

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