From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 03:57:04 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (describe-function): Use " is " instead of colon.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.1~822
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eea844b25edca1b87d09f8d248e1e870def88a7d;p=emacs.git

(describe-function): Use " is " instead of colon.
---

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 ")))