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Different types of prompt text, information text, and warning and error messages will appear in the graphics window and also extra information text will appear in the terminal window. The main ``dialogue'' is in always in the graphics window, except within the KEYBOARD INTERFACE, but often more detailed explanation is given in the terminal window.
Information and warning text in the terminal window is identified by one of four initial ``keywords'':
It should be noted that these categories are not strict i.e. in some circumstances a WARNING message may be more serious than an ERROR message, nevertheless, this show a generally increasing importance and need for user comprehension and maybe action.
Andy Hammersley