Message guidelines foster consistent formatting of message
and help information. They also promote creation and maintenance
of messages that can be easily understood by inexperienced English-speaking
end users, as well as by inexperienced translators. Use these guidelines
to create message files that are consistent in language and clear
in meaning. Distribution of these guidelines enable programmers
and writers to coordinate their message- writing efforts. Default
messages, external message files, and planned delivery of translatable
messages are required for each executable to fully implement international
language support.
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