review: I would suggest cherry-picking part of the branch

[ikiwiki] / doc / todo / expose_html_language_and_direction.mdwn

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When a wiki is translatable, it would be nice to have the language code and the direction of the text exposed as template variables.
This means:

1. Better rendering for rtl languages.
2. Content can correctly be tagged with the language code, to enable screenreaders and other accessibility providers to render/speak the text in the correct language.

The [[patch]] is currently being used on http://addons.nvda-project.org and seems to work well. --[[mhameed]]

> I don't have commit access, but it [[seems reasonable|/users/smcv/approved]].
> --[[smcv]]