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From: Olaf Krumnow
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 15:46

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jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA) writes:
>>Just use the icon name as a tag to messagetrans.
>>The text inside the Glass file should only be used as a default if
>>no matching MessageTrans entry exist, or the Messages file got lost.

>In DSEdit, I have no default text in my application. This is simply because
>the messages file is so absolutely mindbogglingly important that there is
>no point in even trying to run without it... As the text for all interactions
>and the menus are messagetransed, I can't really see any point in defaults
>most of the time...

Well, it's not a must, it's a maybe. But while creating the windows
you'll have the textes anyway. While generating a messagetrans file,
the messages are there. So why not use them as default (while loading the glass
file into your program)
>-- 
>themasterofthearcanejwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nzthismessagewassentonrecycledelectrons

Olaf.

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Subject: Re: New Template format discussion document
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