.. _message:

.. index::
   pair: command line option; message
   pair: command; message

Message
=======

**Syntax**:(message string)

This function is almost identical to the :ref:`text <text>` function, except
that it uses message catalogs in the catalog directory to translate messages
into other languages. It should be used only in the multi-lingual XaoS
tutorials.

**Available as**: command line option, command