GNU bug report logs - #3395
23.0.94; Remove colon after option etc. name

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 23:45:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 3395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3395: 23.0.94; Remove colon after option etc. name
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
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