* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
- * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
+ * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
* \author Georg Baum
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
namespace lyx {
-/// String type for storing the main text in UCS4 encoding
+/**
+ * String type for storing the main text in UCS4 encoding.
+ * Use std::string only in cases 7-bit ASCII is to be manipulated
+ * within the variable.
+ */
typedef std::basic_string<char_type> docstring;
/// Creates a docstring from a C string of ASCII characters