Re: [PATCH] Change text direction of documentation pages

> On 24 Nov 2021, at 14:58, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 5:31 PM Nils <nils(at)nilsand(dot)re <mailto:nils(at)nilsand(dot)re>> wrote:
> This makes the browser (tested on Firefox and Chrome. This does not
> apply to Safari because it uses (what seems to be) heuristics to remove
> generic information from the title and the title is displayed centered)
> display the title right aligned in the tab bar allowing users to see
> which page they are on, instead of only the beginning of the title being
> visible, preventing switching between different documentation tabs
> quickly.
>
> This change was not generalised to other pages as the need is smaller on
> other pages. For example on the home page, seeing "...open source
> database" is not better than seeing "PostgreSQL: The world's...".
>
> Interesting -- I had no idea this could be done :)

Ditto.

> Thinking about it. I agree with the comment about the home page, but I wonder if that is the *only* case where it actually makes sense the way it is now, and that *all* other pages would be better off with this switch?
>
> Can you (or someone else) think of another counterexample?

Looking at the precedent set by other documentation sites, I think we should do
the simpler fix of reversing the order of elements in the title tag like the
(untested) below:

- <title>PostgreSQL: Documentation: {{page.display_version}}: {{page.title}}</title>
+ <title>{{page.title}} &mdash; PostgreSQL {{page.display_version}} Documentation</title>

This will also work in all browsers and across all types of devices.

Shifting the order probably applies to more pages, but I agree that the docs
are especially interesting to tackle first.

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