1fribidi_get_bidi_type(3)      Programmer's Manual     fribidi_get_bidi_type(3)
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NAME

6       fribidi_get_bidi_type - get character bidi type
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <fribidi.h>
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11       FriBidiCharType fribidi_get_bidi_type(FriBidiChar ch);
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PARAMETERS

14       FriBidiChar ch
15              Input character.
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DESCRIPTION

18       This  function returns the bidi type of a character as defined in Table
19       3.7 Bidirectional Character Types of the  Unicode  Bidirectional  Algo‐
20       rithm    available    at   http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/#Bidirec‐
21       tional_Character_Types, using data provided in file UnicodeData.txt  of
22       the Unicode Character Database available at http://www.unicode.org/Pub‐
23       lic/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.txt.
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25       There are a few macros defined in fribidi-bidi-types.h for  querying  a
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RETURNS

29       Possible values for a FriBidiCharType are as follows:
30              FRIBIDI_TYPE_LTR  Left-To-Right letter.
31              FRIBIDI_TYPE_RTL  Right-To-Left letter.
32              FRIBIDI_TYPE_AL   Arabic Letter.
33              FRIBIDI_TYPE_EN   European Numeral.
34              FRIBIDI_TYPE_AN   Arabic Numeral.
35              FRIBIDI_TYPE_ES   European number Separator.
36              FRIBIDI_TYPE_ET   European number Terminator.
37              FRIBIDI_TYPE_CS   Common Separator.
38              FRIBIDI_TYPE_NSM  Non Spacing Mark.
39              FRIBIDI_TYPE_BN   Boundary Neutral.
40              FRIBIDI_TYPE_BS   Block Separator.
41              FRIBIDI_TYPE_SS   Segment Separator.
42              FRIBIDI_TYPE_WS   WhiteSpace.
43              FRIBIDI_TYPE_ON   Other Neutral.
44              FRIBIDI_TYPE_LRE  Left-to-Right Embedding.
45              FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLE  Right-to-Left Embedding.
46              FRIBIDI_TYPE_LRO  Left-to-Right Override.
47              FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLO  Right-to-Left Override.
48              FRIBIDI_TYPE_PDF  Pop Directional Flag.
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SEE ALSO

51       fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3),           fribidi_unicode_to_charset(3),
52       fribidi_parse_charset(3),                      fribidi_shape_arabic(3),
53       fribidi_get_par_direction(3),      fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels(3),
54       fribidi_reorder_line(3),                     fribidi_get_bidi_types(3),
55       fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3), fribidi_debug_status(3), fribidi_mirror‐
56       ing_status(3), fribidi_set_mirroring(3), fribidi_reorder_nsm_status(3),
57       fribidi_set_reorder_nsm(3),    fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels(3),
58       fribidi_get_type(3),                      fribidi_get_type_internal(3),
59       fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3),   fribidi_log2vis(3),   fribidi_join_ara‐
60       bic(3),   fribidi_get_joining_type(3),    fribidi_get_joining_types(3),
61       fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3),           fribidi_get_mirror_char(3),
62       fribidi_shape_mirroring(3), fribidi_shape(3)
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66GNU FriBidi 0.19.2             24 November 2008       fribidi_get_bidi_type(3)