cmdwin is passing strange

Toying with the command line window (cmdwin), I noticed that, if you
are in the : command line and hit ctrl-F to enter the command window,
you enter it in normal command mode, even though the line starts with a :

That is, you can not type anything unless you hit i to enter insert text mode,
or - strangely - if you hit another : -- well that puts you in command line
mode, in the command window so you can go ahead and type, for instance,
a command like set textwidth=75 or whatever.

Would it not be more reasonable, to put the user in : mode, if he gets there
from the : command line?

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