From 86cf000e8409952e492ed786102af11d4017fdd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:44:33 +0000
Subject: (String Basics): Mention string-match; clarify.
---
lispref/strings.texi | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
(limited to 'lispref/strings.texi')
diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi
index 30802709311..bfe0f1f7e19 100644
--- a/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ a key sequence, you must use a vector instead of a string.
and other modifiers for keyboard input characters.
Strings are useful for holding regular expressions. You can also
-match regular expressions against strings (@pxref{Regexp Search}). The
-functions @code{match-string} (@pxref{Simple Match Data}) and
-@code{replace-match} (@pxref{Replacing Match}) are useful for
-decomposing and modifying strings based on regular expression matching.
+match regular expressions against strings with @code{string-match}
+(@pxref{Regexp Search}). The functions @code{match-string}
+(@pxref{Simple Match Data}) and @code{replace-match} (@pxref{Replacing
+Match}) are useful for decomposing and modifying strings after
+matching regular expressions against them.
Like a buffer, a string can contain text properties for the characters
in it, as well as the characters themselves. @xref{Text Properties}.
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