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diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi index 796090bb80c..46c01982f32 100644 --- a/lispref/strings.texi +++ b/lispref/strings.texi @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ If @var{omit-nulls} is @code{nil}, the result contains null strings whenever there are two consecutive matches for @var{separators}, or a match is adjacent to the beginning or end of @var{string}. If @var{omit-nulls} is @code{t}, these null strings are omitted from the -result list. +result. If @var{separators} is @code{nil} (or omitted), the default is the value of @code{split-string-default-separators}. @@ -544,10 +544,11 @@ be a list of strings rather than an actual alist. @xref{Association Lists}. @end defun - See also @code{compare-buffer-substrings} in @ref{Comparing Text}, for -a way to compare text in buffers. The function @code{string-match}, -which matches a regular expression against a string, can be used -for a kind of string comparison; see @ref{Regexp Search}. + See also the @code{compare-buffer-substrings} function in +@ref{Comparing Text}, for a way to compare text in buffers. The +function @code{string-match}, which matches a regular expression +against a string, can be used for a kind of string comparison; see +@ref{Regexp Search}. @node String Conversion @comment node-name, next, previous, up @@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ text representation of a string (@pxref{Converting Representations}). @xref{Documentation}, for functions that produce textual descriptions of text characters and general input events (@code{single-key-description} and @code{text-char-description}). These -functions are used primarily for making help messages. +are used primarily for making help messages. @defun char-to-string character @cindex character to string @@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ operation} error. @cindex field width @cindex padding - All the specification characters allow an optional ``width'', which + All the specification characters allow an optional ``width,'' which is a digit-string between the @samp{%} and the character. If the printed representation of the object contains fewer characters than this width, then it is padded. The padding is on the left if the @@ -880,7 +881,7 @@ A space character inserts a space for positive numbers (otherwise nothing is inserted for positive numbers). This flag is ignored except for @samp{%d}, @samp{%e}, @samp{%f}, @samp{%g}. -The flag @samp{#} indicates ``alternate form''. For @samp{%o} it +The flag @samp{#} indicates ``alternate form.'' For @samp{%o} it ensures that the result begins with a 0. For @samp{%x} and @samp{%X} the result is prefixed with @samp{0x} or @samp{0X}. For @samp{%e}, @samp{%f}, and @samp{%g} a decimal point is always shown even if the |