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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

   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.