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

[martin rudalics]

>>  > 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