catgets catHandle setnum msgnum defaultstr Retrieve a message form a message catalog. CatHandle should be a Tcl message catalog handle that was returned by catopen. Setnum is the mes- sage set number, and msgnum is the message number. If the message catalog was not opened, or the mes- sage set or message number cannot be found, then the default string, defaultstr, is returned. This command is provided by Extended Tcl.