display problem on tomcat 4 when 'dir' attribute is used

[guy katz <gk...@012.net.il>]

hi;
i have a simple JSP (written with JSF) which accepts a text input and outputs the input in a line below. also, i am using the 'dir' attribute with a "rtl" value.
deploying this JSP on tomcat 5 and 4 yields 2 different results:
on tomcat 4, the result of the outputed Text displays all the characters are in reverse. e.g: hello input is displyed as olleh in the output.
on tomcat 5 there is no problem. its like the 'dir' attribute affects something in tomcat 4 and doesn't on tomcat 5.
P.S my preffered output is what tomcat 5 produces.

can anybody please explain these differences?
thanks.