refactor: remove RTL configuration and streamline language direction detection

zakariaf · zakariaf · commit 69d90201c1d5 · 2025-05-21T16:28:03.000+02:00
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ theme: jekyll-theme-chirpy
 # otherwise, the layout language will use the default value of 'en'.
 lang: en
 
-# Force RTL mode for the entire website
-# When set to true, all pages will be rendered right-to-left
-# If you want to enable RTL mode for a specific page, add `rtl: true` to the front matter of that page
-rtl: false
-
 # Change to your timezone › https://kevinnovak.github.io/Time-Zone-Picker
 timezone: Asia/Shanghai
 
diff --git a/_includes/lang.html b/_includes/lang.html
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {% comment %}
-  - Detect appearance language and return it through variable "lang"
-  - Detect appearance language direction and return it through variable "dir"
+  Detect appearance language and return it through variable "lang"
 {% endcomment %}
 {% if site.data.locales[page.lang] %}
   {% assign lang = page.lang %}
@@ -9,9 +8,3 @@
 {% else %}
   {% assign lang = 'en' %}
 {% endif %}
-
-{% assign dir = 'ltr' %}
-
-{% if page.rtl || site.rtl %}
-  {% assign dir = 'rtl' %}
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@
   {% capture prefer_mode %}data-mode="{{ site.theme_mode }}"{% endcapture %}
 {% endif %}
 
-<!-- `lang` and `dir` attributes are set in _includes/lang.html -->
+{% assign _lang_code = lang | split: '-' | first %}
+{% assign dir = 'ltr' %}
+{% if "ar,fa,he,iw,ps,ug,ur,yi,ku" contains _lang_code %}
+  {% assign dir = 'rtl' %}
+{% endif %}
+
+<!-- `lang` attribute is set in _includes/lang.html -->
 <html lang="{{ lang }}" dir="{{ dir }}" {{ prefer_mode }}>
   {% include head.html %}
 
diff --git a/_posts/2025-04-20-rtl-test-persian.md b/_posts/2025-04-20-rtl-test-persian.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ image:
   lqip: data:image/webp;base64,UklGRpoAAABXRUJQVlA4WAoAAAAQAAAADwAABwAAQUxQSDIAAAARL0AmbZurmr57yyIiqE8oiG0bejIYEQTgqiDA9vqnsUSI6H+oAERp2HZ65qP/VIAWAFZQOCBCAAAA8AEAnQEqEAAIAAVAfCWkAALp8sF8rgRgAP7o9FDvMCkMde9PK7euH5M1m6VWoDXf2FkP3BqV0ZYbO6NA/VFIAAAA
   alt: نمایش واکنش‌گرای قالب Chirpy روی دستگاه‌های مختلف.
 lang: fa
-rtl: true
 ---
 
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