ms language and localization (The GNU Troff Manual)

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4.6.5.11 Language and localization

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groff ms provides several strings that you can customize +for your own purposes, or redefine to adapt the macro package to +languages other than English. It is already localized for +Czech, German, French, Italian, and Swedish. Load the desired +localization macro package after ms; see the +groff_tmac(5) man page. +

$ groff -ms -mfr bienvenue.ms
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The following strings are available. +

String: \*[REFERENCES] ¶: +
Contains the string printed at the beginning of a references +(bibliography) page produced with GNU refer(1). The default +is ‘References’. +

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String: \*[ABSTRACT] ¶: +
Contains the string printed at the beginning of the abstract. The +default is ‘\f[I]ABSTRACT\f[]’; it includes font selection escape +sequences to set the word in italics. +

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String: \*[TOC] ¶: +
Contains the string printed at the beginning of the table of contents. +The default is ‘Table of Contents’. +

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String: \*[MONTH1] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH2] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH3] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH4] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH5] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH6] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH7] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH8] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH9] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH10] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH11] ¶: +
String: \*[MONTH12] ¶: +
Contain the full names of the calendar months. The defaults are in +English: ‘January’, ‘February’, and so on. +

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