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\section[empty-divs-and-spans]{Empty Divs and Spans}

Some text and

div contents

and more text.

Next paragraph with a span and a word-thatincludesaspanright?

\section[directionality]{Directionality}

Some text and

\startalignment[righttoleft]
rtl div contents

\stopalignment

and more text.

\startalignment[lefttoright]
and a ltr div. with a {\righttoleft rtl span}.

\stopalignment

Next paragraph with a {\righttoleft rtl span} and a
word-that-includesa{\lefttoright ltrspan}right?

\section[languages]{Languages}

Some text and

\start\language[de]
German div contents

\stop

and more text.

Next paragraph with a \start\language[en-gb]British span\stop  and a
word-that-includesa\start\language[de-ch]Swiss German span\stop right?

Some \start\language[es]Spanish text\stop .

\section[combined]{Combined}

Some text and

\start\language[fr]
\startalignment[righttoleft]
French rtl div contents

\stopalignment
\stop

and more text.

Next paragraph with a \start\language[en-gb]{\lefttoright British ltr
span}\stop  and a
word-that-includesa\start\language[de-ch]{\lefttoright Swiss German ltr
span}\stop right?

\stoptext