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

6       fribidi_get_joining_type - get character joining type
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <fribidi.h>
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11       FriBidiJoiningType fribidi_get_joining_type(FriBidiChar ch);
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PARAMETERS

14       FriBidiChar ch
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DESCRIPTION

18       This function returns the joining type of a character as defined in Ta‐
19       ble 8-2 Primary Arabic Joining Classes of the Unicode  standard  avail‐
20       able   at  http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.0/ch08.pdf#G7462,
21       using data provided in file ArabicShaping.txt  and  UnicodeData.txt  of
22       the Unicode Character Database available at http://www.unicode.org/Pub‐
23       lic/UNIDATA/ArabicShaping.txt      and      http://www.unicode.org/Pub‐
24       lic/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.txt.
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26       There  are a few macros defined in fribidi-joining-types.h for querying
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RETURNS

30       Possible values for a FriBidiJoiningType are as follows:
31              FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_U  NUn-joining, e.g. Full Stop.
32              FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_R  Right-joining, e.g. Arabic Letter Dal.
33              FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_D  Dual-joining, e.g. Arabic Letter Ain.
34              FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_C  Join-Causing, e.g. Tatweel, ZWJ.
35              FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_T  Transparent, e.g. Arabic Fatha.
36              FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_L  Left-joining, i.e. Fictional.
37              FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_G  IGnored, e.g. LRE, RLE, ZWNBSP.
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SEE ALSO

40       fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3),           fribidi_unicode_to_charset(3),
41       fribidi_parse_charset(3),                      fribidi_shape_arabic(3),
42       fribidi_get_par_direction(3),      fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels(3),
43       fribidi_reorder_line(3),                      fribidi_get_bidi_type(3),
44       fribidi_get_bidi_types(3),               fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3),
45       fribidi_debug_status(3),  fribidi_mirroring_status(3), fribidi_set_mir‐
46       roring(3),  fribidi_reorder_nsm_status(3),  fribidi_set_reorder_nsm(3),
47       fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels(3),           fribidi_get_type(3),
48       fribidi_get_type_internal(3),             fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3),
49       fribidi_log2vis(3),      fribidi_join_arabic(3),      fribidi_get_join‐
50       ing_types(3),    fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3),     fribidi_get_mir‐
51       ror_char(3), fribidi_shape_mirroring(3), fribidi_shape(3)
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55GNU FriBidi 0.19.2              30 January 2006    fribidi_get_joining_type(3)
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