4.6.5.11 Language and localization

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

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’.

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.

String: \*[TOC]

Contains the string printed at the beginning of the table of contents. The default is ‘Table of Contents’.

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.