Subject: Re: bug#3395: 23.0.94; Remove colon after option etc. name

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:40:40 +0200

>>  > This is not about changing the command. It is simply about
 >>  > removing the useless colon. Is that too hard?
 >>
 >> It might be.
 >
 > Then I guess you'll have to mark it too hard to fix, and move on.

You have to find someone who agrees that this is a bug.

 >> Hence code like
 >> 	     (unless (string-match ":" format)
 >> 	       (error "Bad format"))
 >>
 >> in cus-edit.el is something you understand and can explain.
 >
 > I don't understand the question or comment.

Obviously because you didn't try to.

 > What's the point?

That colons sometimes serve additional purposes in custom buffers
besides of being displayed as visible characters.

martin