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General Points of Internationalization Programming
Message Width

1. Fixing Message Width is not recommended.
   • To create GUI application, such as X, Motif, and Swing, etc., you have to be careful about the message width.
     If you fix the message width according to one language (e.g. English), you might not be able to load the message in another language (e.g. Japanese).
     In this case, the common way is to cut down (pack) the width in accordance to the message area without specifying the actual size.
     
     For example, in the Java codes below, the button cannot show long literals.

     myButton.setPreferredSize(Dimension(40, 25));
     

     In this case, adjust its width to the message length by setting Dimension class 0 in X and variable in Y for the font, and apply layout classes such as GridBagConstraints.

     myButton.setPreferredSize(Dimension(0, MyHeight));
     ...
     GridBagLayout myLayout = new GridBagLayout();
     GridBagConstraints myCons = new GridBagConstraints();
     ...
     myCons.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
     myLayout.addLayoutComponent(myButton, myCons);
     

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