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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 1137 | | number = 1137 | ||
| date = November 21, 2012 | | date = November 21, 2012 | ||
− | | title = | + | | title = LTR |
| image = rtl.png | | image = rtl.png | ||
| titletext = Collaborative editing can quickly become a textual rap battle fought with increasingly convoluted invocations of U+202a to U+202e | | titletext = Collaborative editing can quickly become a textual rap battle fought with increasingly convoluted invocations of U+202a to U+202e | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | <!-- please don't vandalise this article by adding the | + | <!-- please don't vandalise this article by adding the unicode reverse character ‮ --> |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | U+202e is a {{w|unicode control characters|unicode control character}} that changes all subsequent text to right-to-left (RTL, as the title references). In the comic, [[Black Hat]] tires of [[Cueball]]'s complaining and inserts a U+202e character in the middle of Cueball's speech, turning his complaints into gibberish - sentences that must be read from right-to-left. | |
− | U+202e is a {{w| | ||
The title of the comic builds on this theme, with the title of the webpage it is hosted on being LTR in some browsers (see [[#Trivia|trivia]]), the reverse of the comic name. | The title of the comic builds on this theme, with the title of the webpage it is hosted on being LTR in some browsers (see [[#Trivia|trivia]]), the reverse of the comic name. | ||
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**In some browsers (for instance Internet Explorer), this page's title [[Media:Reverse archive.jpg|damages the appearance of all older entries]] in the [http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page] on xkcd. | **In some browsers (for instance Internet Explorer), this page's title [[Media:Reverse archive.jpg|damages the appearance of all older entries]] in the [http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page] on xkcd. | ||
*This is the second comic in a row with Cueball and Black Hat discussing. Both with Black Hat with his back turned to Cueball. | *This is the second comic in a row with Cueball and Black Hat discussing. Both with Black Hat with his back turned to Cueball. | ||
− | **In the previous comic Black Hat broke a mirror, and in this comic he then reverses | + | **In the previous comic Black Hat broke a mirror, and in this comic he then reverses Cueballs speak |
− | **Not exactly a mirroring of his | + | **Not exactly a mirroring of his speak, but still related. |
**In the broken archive mentioned above, [[1136: Broken Mirror]] is the first (or last) entry to be broken! | **In the broken archive mentioned above, [[1136: Broken Mirror]] is the first (or last) entry to be broken! | ||