% mlp-49n.sty (the "ngerman" interface for the mlp package)  
%                                                        last mods 2000/09/06
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\ProvidesFile{mlp-49n.sty}% 
        [2000/09/06 new-german interface for the mlp package]
\expandafter% If this coding is not alreadly loaded
\ifx\csname ngermanTeXmods\endcsname\relax% define the basic cs,
  \def\beginlanguage{\ngerman}% the language name cs and
  \edef\beginFWdirection{L}% the direction of writing (write Left to right).
\else%
  \endinput% else do nothing at all.
\fi%
% A bypass required for other languages because
\let\@SavedCF\captionsfrench% 1) ngerman.sty destroys french captions coding
\let\@SavedCE\captionsenglish% 2) ngerman.sty destroys english captions coding.
\RequirePackage{ngerman}% Load ngerman package.
% The command to initialize all german tools except hyphenation:
\@ifundefined{ngermanTeXmods}{%................................ \ngermanTeXmods
    \gdef\ngermanTeXmods{\ngermanTeX% this is the cs for ngerman.sty
                        \ifx\captionsnames\captionsngerman\else%
                         \let\captionsnames\captionsngerman%
                         \let\date\datengerman%
                         \let\bibsnames\bibssngerman%
                        \fi%
                        \let\switchtolanguage\endngerman% 
                        }%
                            }{}%
\DeclareOption{ngerman}{\def\beginlanguage{ngerman}}% First language to start.
\ProcessOptions% Process that option (ngerman) defintely.
% The command to set ngerman hyphenation:
% (normally set at INITeX) it should equal to \language=x and nothing else
\@ifundefined{ngerman}{\gdef\ngerman{\relax}}{}% Default............   \ngerman
% The command to do extra things and switch to another language:
\@ifundefined{switchtolanguage}{%............................ \switchtolanguage
                                \gdef\switchtolanguage#1{#1}}{}%
\let\@enstGORI\switchtolanguage% save original switchtolanguage if any.
\let\ngermanORI\ngerman% assuming \language=x was set here
\def\endngerman{\no@xtrasngerman%
               \let\switchtolanguage\@enstGORI%
%              \csname endL\endcsname%stop TeX--XeT 1st direction of writing
               \ignorespaces}% but they are not after \end{english} !
\let\no@xtrasngerman\noextrasngerman%
% The final command to initialize ngerman stuff:
\def\ngerman{\switchtolanguage\ngermanTeXmods\ngermanORI%...... Final \ngerman
             \ignorespaces}% but they are not after \begin{ngerman} !
%\ngerman% Don't activate language now, postpone until \begin{document}.
\originalTeX% go back to original stuff
\let\captionsfrench\@SavedCF% restore original \captionsfrench
\let\captionsenglish\@SavedCE% restore original \captionsenglish
\def\@lastoption{ngerman}% The option to start typesetting with.
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% Let few other packages know that ngerman is loaded.
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\PassOptionsToPackage{german}{varioref}% 
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\endinput%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%