A message file contains a set of messages identified by an integer number.
filename.msg
- filename is the name of the message source file.
Syntax of a message file
{
message-definition
| include-directive
}[...]
where
message-definition
is:
.message-number
message-line | new-page
[...]
where
include-directive
is:
.include filename
And where
new-page is:
^L (Control-L, ASCII 12)
- message-number is an integer in the range -2147483648 to 2147483647.
- You can split the message into pages by adding the ^L (Control-L / ASCII 12) in a line.
- Note that multi-line messages will include the newline (ASCII 10) characters.