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@@ -959,6 +959,25 @@ as `title`, `author`, and `date`) as well as the following: Currently only used by XeTeX through the generated `polyglossia-otherlangs` variable. +`dir` +: the base direction of the document, either `rtl` (right-to-left) + or `ltr` (left-to-right). + + For bidirectional documents, native pandoc `span`s and `div`s + with the `dir` attribute (value `rtl` or `ltr`) can be used to + override the base direction in some output formats. + This may not always be necessary if the final renderer + (e.g. the browser, when generating HTML) supports the + [Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm][uba-basics]. + + When using LaTeX for bidi documents, only the XeLaTeX engine + is fully supported (see `--latex-engine`). + Setting the `dir` variable enables bidirectional text + handling in LaTeX and ConTeXt, thus even if the base direction + is the default left-to-right, you should set `dir: ltr` for + documents that also contain some right-to-left script. + + `slidy-url` : base URL for Slidy documents (defaults to `http://www.w3.org/Talks/Tools/Slidy2`) |