51 lines
1.4 KiB
HTML
51 lines
1.4 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
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<html>
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 2.0">
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<title>Message Formatting</title>
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</head>
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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
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<h1>Message Formatting</h1>
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<p><a href="../html/MessageFormat.html"><font size="5">MessageFormat</font></a><font
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size="5">, </font><a href="../html/ChoiceFormat.html"><font
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size="5">ChoiceFormat</font></a> </p>
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<ul>
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<li><font size="5">Put together sequences of strings,
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numbers,</font><br>
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<font size="5">dates, and other formats to create
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messages.</font></li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li><font size="5">Facilitate localization because they:</font><br>
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<font size="5">-- prevent hard-coding of message strings</font>
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<br>
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<font size="5">-- prevent hard-coding of the
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concatenation</font></li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li><font size="5">Enables localizers to change the content,
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format,</font><br>
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<font size="5">and order of any text as appropriate for
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any language.</font></li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li><font size="5">Choice formats let localizers create more
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natural messages,</font><br>
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<font size="5">avoiding phrases like "3
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file(s)".</font></li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="formatCl.html">formatting</a> </p>
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</body>
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</html>
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