diff lispref/strings.texi @ 90147:e1fbb019c538

Revision: [e-mail]--gnu-2005/emacs--unicode--0--patch-39 Merge from emacs--cvs-trunk--0 Patches applied: * emacs--cvs-trunk--0 (patch 258-271) - Update from CVS - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 66) - Update from CVS

--- a/lispref/strings.texi	Thu Apr 21 05:57:27 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/strings.texi	Thu Apr 21 05:59:53 2005 +0000
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@
 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}.
@@ -548,7 +549,8 @@
 @cindex conversion of strings
 
   This section describes functions for conversions between characters,
-strings and integers.  @code{format} and @code{prin1-to-string}
+strings and integers.  @code{format} (@pxref{Formatting Strings})
+and @code{prin1-to-string}
 (@pxref{Output Functions}) can also convert Lisp objects into strings.
 @code{read-from-string} (@pxref{Input Functions}) can ``convert'' a
 string representation of a Lisp object into an object.  The functions