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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-08-04 03:57:04 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-08-04 03:57:04 +0000
commiteea844b25edca1b87d09f8d248e1e870def88a7d (patch)
tree25d40b7b64dd41fbb29438a89d8bf0de46437619 /lisp/help.el
parentcf66807ecde2df70eefee5d52271c102e2695033 (diff)
downloademacs-eea844b25edca1b87d09f8d248e1e870def88a7d.tar.gz
(describe-function): Use " is " instead of colon.
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diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 42fd5d29112..ab3e0d096ab 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@ C-w Display information on absence of warranty for GNU Emacs."
(if function
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
(prin1 function)
- (princ ": ")
+ ;; Use " is " instead of a colon so that
+ ;; it is easier to get out the function name using forward-sexp.
+ (princ " is ")
(let* ((def (symbol-function function))
file-name
(beg (if (commandp def) "an interactive " "a ")))