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General
is a symbol to which general system messages are attached.
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When you refer to a message with name
s
::
tag
in
On
or
Off
, the text of the message is obtained from
General::
tag
if no specific message named
s
::
tag
exists.
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Define a general message:
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Define a function that uses the system message when there are too many arguments:
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This is the same as what a system function like
Sin
does:
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The text is in
General::argx
:
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