# [NTG-context] ggd

Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl
Thu Jan 19 23:11:33 CET 2006

Hans van der Meer wrote:

> A very insignificant observation. But in my opinion Hans Hagen is a
> perfectionist, therefore I dare to throw this bone to him.
>
> In Dutch the greatest common divisor is not abbreviated as "gcd" but
> as "ggd".
> It is of course a simple matter to redefine this locally with:
>
>     \definemathcommand [gcd]     [limop] {\mfunction{ggd}}
>
> But the perfectionist would likely expect this to happen
> automagically on \language[nl].
>
> Just mentioned this for fun, don't bother too much.

localizing math is indeed an interesting topic.

\startlanguagespecifics[nl]
\definemathcommand [gcd] [limop] {\mfunction{ggd}}
\stoplanguagespecifics

but ... then we need to be complete

Hans

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