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For languages written right-to-left, like arabic, hebrew and [[Script (Unicode)|other]], it is advised to set {{para|rtl|<nowiki>{{rtl}}</nowiki>}} in the language template (lang-ar, lang-he).
 
For languages written right-to-left, like arabic, hebrew and [[Script (Unicode)|other]], it is advised to set {{para|rtl|<nowiki>{{rtl}}</nowiki>}} in the language template (lang-ar, lang-he).
  
This adds the character  {{unichar|200f|RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK|html=}} --{{unichar|200F|right-to-left mark|nl=|html=}} to the end of the string (the righthand side). It is an invisible formatting character, that ''terminates'' the R-to-L text. After this, (that is, directly after the template), all text will be left-to-right (English) again.
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This adds the character  {{unichar|200f|RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK|html=}} to the end of the string (the righthand side, in memory). It is an invisible formatting character, that ''terminates'' the R-to-L text. After this, (that is, directly after & outside of the template), all following text is initiated to be be left-to-right (English) again.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 11:05, 25 October 2014

Usage

Transcluded by "lang-xx" templates (like {{lang-bo}} etc.)—do not use directly.

Right-to-left

For languages written right-to-left, like arabic, hebrew and other, it is advised to set |rtl={{rtl}} in the language template (lang-ar, lang-he).

This adds the character Template:Unichar to the end of the string (the righthand side, in memory). It is an invisible formatting character, that terminates the R-to-L text. After this, (that is, directly after & outside of the template), all following text is initiated to be be left-to-right (English) again.

See also