From 4f49667e551d17823463e55920db89c7601598f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrius R <knutux@users.mediawiki.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:29:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bugs 4062, 3922 - unrecommended unicode control characters
 replaced with 'span dir=rtl/ltr'

---
 includes/Skin.php | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/includes/Skin.php b/includes/Skin.php
index e2b3c4f397..80915a690e 100644
--- a/includes/Skin.php
+++ b/includes/Skin.php
@@ -428,9 +428,8 @@ END;
 
 		// Use Unicode bidi embedding override characters,
 		// to make sure links don't smash each other up in ugly ways.
-		// FIXME: should we use 'dir=emded' or something on links instead?
-		$embed = $wgContLang->isRTL() ? '&#x202b;' : '&#x202a;';
-		$pop = '&#x202c;';
+		$embed = "<span dir='" . ($wgContLang->isRTL() ? 'rtl' : 'ltr') . "'>";
+		$pop = '</span>';
 		$t = $embed . implode ( "$pop | $embed" , $wgOut->mCategoryLinks ) . $pop;
 		
 		$msg = count( $wgOut->mCategoryLinks ) === 1 ? 'categories1' : 'categories';
-- 
2.20.1