3.3

C Standard Dictionaries
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Using Dictionaries to Define Messages and
Commands
Most commands, messages, and many queues your iNEWS newsroom computer system
uses are defined in dictionaries. Your system has a number of these dictionaries, each
defining a particular group of commands, messages, or words, such as: the names of all
commands are defined in the
ccucmds dictionary. Many messages your system uses are
defined in the
ccumsgs dictionary.
Dictionaries let you customize your system’s messages, workstation and commands, as well
as the names of many of the queues your system uses (such as SYSTEM.SEEK). You can
change the names of any of your system’s required queues by editing their definitions in the
queues dictionary and then having your system read the modified dictionary.
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If you customize your dictionary entries, keep a log of the changes you make so your
changes can be re-entered after future software upgrades.
The following table lists names and locations of dictionary files.
Each line in a dictionary begins with a standard name followed by the translation for the
command, message, or word represented by that standard name, as shown in the following
Dictionary Standard Names and Translation table.
File Name & Location Dictionary File Name
/site/dict/messages
Utility Messages
/site/dict/queues
Required Queues
/site/dict/words
Status and Option Words
/site/dict/smessages
Connect Commands and Messages
/site/dict/keymacros
Key Names for Macros
/site/dict/shift
Case-Shifting Parameters
/site/dict/mcs
MCS Alarms and Words
Standard Name Translation
W_ERROR
/ERROR
W_DEST
/destination