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    > I think it would be better to set up a minor mode to switch to German
    > syntax, and connect this with a language environment.

    That's pretty tough, given that the German speaking Swiss tend to use
    a different direction from the Germans themselves.

That doesn't really make it any harder, it just calls for
some differences in the commands to set things up.