diff --git a/src/Data/Strings.hs b/src/Data/Strings.hs
--- a/src/Data/Strings.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Strings.hs
@@ -2,15 +2,23 @@
              FlexibleInstances,
              Trustworthy #-}
 
--- | Functions for working with strings, including 'Text', 'ByteString', etc.
+-- |
+-- Copyright: Julian Fleischer
+-- License: MIT
 --
+-- Maintainer: Julian Fleischer <julian.fleischer@fu-berlin.de>
+-- Stability: provisional
+-- Portability: portable
+--
+-- Functions for working with strings, including 'Text', 'ByteString', etc.
+--
 -- This module aims at offering a consistent interface across all the available
 -- string types. It currently offers instances for the ordinary Haskell 'String'
 -- type, 'Text', lazy 'LazyT.Text', 'ByteString', and lazy 'LazyB.ByteString'.
 --
--- If especially provides functions for some types, which are otherwise not
--- available nativly (such as 'breakOnSubstring' is not available for the lazy
--- 'LazyT.Text' type, is offered by 'sBreak' and 'strBreak').
+-- It especially provides functions for some types, which are otherwise not
+-- available nativly (such as 'breakOnSubstring' which is not available for the
+-- lazy 'LazyT.Text' type, is offered by 'sBreak' and 'strBreak').
 module Data.Strings (
 
     text,
@@ -86,6 +94,9 @@
 --
 -- The complexity and efficiency of these functions depends on the underlying
 -- string type being used.
+--
+-- Minimal complete definition: It suffices to provide instances for
+-- 'Eq' and 'Strings'.
 class (Eq a, Strings a) => Str a where
 
     -- | Check whether the given string is empty or not. 'null' generalised.
@@ -399,6 +410,10 @@
                           padStrL = sFromString $ replicate padLenL c
                           padStrR = sFromString $ replicate padLenR c
                       in  sConcat [padStrL, s, padStrR]
+
+    sFromString = sFromUnicodeString
+
+    sToWord8 = sToWord8 . sToString
 
 
 instance Strings ByteString where
diff --git a/strings.cabal b/strings.cabal
--- a/strings.cabal
+++ b/strings.cabal
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
-Name:               strings
-Version:            1.0.0
-Synopsis:           Functions for working with strings, including Text, ByteString, etc.
-Description:        Functions for working with strings, including Text, ByteString, etc.
-License:            MIT
-License-File:       LICENSE
-Author:             Julian Fleischer
-Maintainer:         julian.fleischer@fu-berlin.de
-Build-Type:         Simple
-Cabal-Version:      >= 1.4
-Category:           Text, String, Utility
-Stability:          provisional
+Name:           strings
+Version:        1.0.2
+Synopsis:       Functions for working with strings, including Text, ByteString, etc.
+Description:    Functions for working with strings, including Text, ByteString, etc.               
+                
+License:        MIT
+License-File:   LICENSE
+Author:         Julian Fleischer <julian.fleischer@fu-berlin.de>
+Maintainer:     Julian Fleischer <julian.fleischer@fu-berlin.de>
+Build-Type:     Simple
+Cabal-Version:  >= 1.6
+Category:       Text, String, Utility
+Stability:      provisional
+Homepage:       http://hub.darcs.net/scravy/strings
 
+Source-Repository head
+    type: darcs
+    location: hub.darcs.net:strings
+
+Source-Repository head
+    type: darcs
+    location: hub.darcs.net:strings
+    tag: v1.0.2
+
 Library
     Exposed-Modules:    Data.Strings
-    Build-Depends:      base >= 4 && < 5, bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10, text >= 0.10
+    Build-Depends:      base >= 4 && < 5, bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11, text >= 0.10
     Hs-Source-Dirs:     src