1137: RTL - Revision history

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no it isn't

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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.
 *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 Cueball's speech
+**In the previous comic Black Hat broke a mirror, and in this comic he then reverses Cueball's speech (not exactly a mirroring of his speech, but still related).
 **In the broken archive mentioned above, [[1136: Broken Mirror]] is the first (or last) entry to be broken!

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 :Cueball: And that's not even the worst part! The ''worst'' part is that—
 :Black Hat types a command on the PC: U+202e
-:Cueball: ‮—They didn't even...
+:Cueball: &#x202E;—they didn't even...&#x202D;
-:Cueball: ‮...What the hell?
+:Cueball: &#x202E;...what the hell?&#x202D;
-:Cueball: ‮How did you...
+:Cueball: &#x202E;How did you...&#x202D;
-:Cueball: ‮...Asshole.
+:Cueball: &#x202E;...asshole.&#x202D;
 ==Trivia==

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-<noinclude><!--:''For ease of page navigation, this comic's page is located here instead of at [[1137: LTR]] with a DISPLAYTITLE.''
+<noinclude>:''The correct title of this page is '''1137: &amp;#x202E;LTR''' (which is rendered as '''1137: RTL''' in most browsers). It is written incorrectly here because of {{w|mw:Manual:Page title|technical restrictions}}.''</noinclude>
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 | number    = 1137

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-<noinclude>:''The correct title of this page is '''1137: &amp;#x202E;LTR''' (which is rendered as '''1137: RTL''' in most browsers). It is written incorrectly here because of {{w|mw:Manual:Page title|technical restrictions}}.''</noinclude>
+<noinclude><!--:''For ease of page navigation, this comic's page is located here instead of at [[1137: LTR]] with a DISPLAYTITLE.''
 {{comic
 | number    = 1137

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 When multiple writers work on the same text, arguments can often arise with some writers resorting to vandalizing the works of other writers. The title text takes this up a level, suggesting the use of U+202e and other direction control characters in editor wars to disrupt other people's work.
-If you ever get involved in such a war, note that U+202c returns text back to its normal direction.
+If you ever get involved in such a war, note that U+202a returns text back to its normal direction.
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 ==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|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.
 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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	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\|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.