2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mediagoblin/tools/template.py b/mediagoblin/tools/template.py
index fa290611..e5acdf45 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/tools/template.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/tools/template.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ from mediagoblin import mg_globals
 from mediagoblin import messages
 from mediagoblin import _version
 from mediagoblin.tools import common
+from mediagoblin.tools.translate import is_rtl
 from mediagoblin.tools.translate import set_thread_locale
+from mediagoblin.tools.translate import get_locale_from_request
 from mediagoblin.tools.pluginapi import get_hook_templates, hook_transform
 from mediagoblin.tools.timesince import timesince
 from mediagoblin.meddleware.csrf import render_csrf_form_token
@@ -72,12 +74,13 @@ def get_jinja_env(template_loader, locale):
     # ... fetch all waiting messages and remove them from the queue
     # ... construct a grid of thumbnails or other media
     # ... have access to the global and app config
+    # ... determine if the language is rtl or ltr
     template_env.globals['fetch_messages'] = messages.fetch_messages
     template_env.globals['app_config'] = mg_globals.app_config
     template_env.globals['global_config'] = mg_globals.global_config
     template_env.globals['version'] = _version.__version__
     template_env.globals['auth'] = mg_globals.app.auth
-
+    template_env.globals['is_rtl'] = is_rtl(locale)
     template_env.filters['urlencode'] = url_quote_plus
 
     # add human readable fuzzy date time
diff --git a/mediagoblin/tools/translate.py b/mediagoblin/tools/translate.py
index b20e57d1..f55ce349 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/tools/translate.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/tools/translate.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ AVAILABLE_LOCALES = None
 TRANSLATIONS_PATH = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
     'mediagoblin', 'i18n')
 
+# Known RTL languages
+KNOWN_RTL = set(["ar", "fa", "zh","he","iw","ja","ur","yi","ji"])
+
+def is_rtl(lang):
+    """Returns true when the local language is right to left"""
+    return lang in KNOWN_RTL
 
 def set_available_locales():
     """Set available locales for which we have translations"""