# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 870667024 0
# Node ID e5e8552b076af48bb2f6f756c960fb76c7fa0e2e
# Parent  056324b1fa580f16ab6a7af0557f04cba1b81621
(describe-function): Use " is " instead of colon.

diff -r 056324b1fa58 -r e5e8552b076a lisp/help.el
--- a/lisp/help.el	Mon Aug 04 03:42:58 1997 +0000
+++ b/lisp/help.el	Mon Aug 04 03:57:04 1997 +0000
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@
   (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 ")))