# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1113752673 0
# Node ID 6654a6208131c0f356ed9a03aa522daee8c44095
# Parent  7c224837fcfe7e1fa85e3a4ca35defdeb02656d8
(String Basics): Mention string-match; clarify.

diff -r 7c224837fcfe -r 6654a6208131 lispref/strings.texi
--- a/lispref/strings.texi	Sun Apr 17 15:04:40 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/strings.texi	Sun Apr 17 15:44:33 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}.