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Minor doc fix for string predicates.

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doc/lispref/strings.texi (Text Comparison): Mention
 equal-including-properties for when text properties of the strings
 matter for comparison.
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2014-04-24 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* strings.texi (Text Comparison): Mention
equal-including-properties for when text properties of the strings
matter for comparison.
2014-04-21 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* text.texi (Registers): Document register-read-with-preview.

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@ -423,8 +423,10 @@ the symbol names are used. Case is always significant, regardless of
This function is equivalent to @code{equal} for comparing two strings
(@pxref{Equality Predicates}). In particular, the text properties of
the two strings are ignored. But if either argument is not a string
or symbol, an error is signaled.
the two strings are ignored; use @code{equal-including-properties} if
you need to distinguish between strings that differ only in their text
properties. However, unlike @code{equal}, if either argument is not a
string or symbol, @code{string=} signals an error.
@example
(string= "abc" "abc")