Define `empty string' a second time, in a slightly more visible location.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 8807f5439e8..d24ce67239c 100644
--- a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 @comment %**end of header
 
-@set edition-number 2.03
-@set update-date 2001 Dec  7
+@set edition-number 2.04
+@set update-date 2001 Dec 17
 
 @ignore
  ## Summary of shell commands to create various output formats:
@@ -4517,6 +4517,9 @@ The arguments to @code{string-lessp} must be strings or symbols; the
 ordering is lexicographic, so case is significant.  The print names of
 symbols are used instead of the symbols themselves.
 
+An empty string, @samp{""}, a string with no characters in it, is
+smaller than any string of characters.
+
 @code{string-equal} provides the corresponding test for equality.  Its
 shorter, alternative name is @code{string=}.  There are no string test
 functions that correspond to @var{>}, @code{>=}, or @code{<=}.