1fribidi_get_joining_type(3) Programmer's Manual fribidi_get_joining_type(3)
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6 fribidi_get_joining_type - get character joining type
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9 #include <fribidi.h>
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11 extern FriBidiJoiningType fribidi_get_joining_type(FriBidiChar ch);
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14 FriBidiChar ch
15 Input character.
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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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30 Possible values for an extern 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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40 fribidi_shape_arabic(3), fribidi_get_par_direction(3),
41 fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex(3), fribidi_reorder_line(3),
42 fribidi_get_bidi_type(3), fribidi_get_bidi_types(3),
43 fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3), fribidi_debug_status(3),
44 fribidi_set_debug(3), fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3), fribidi_uni‐
45 code_to_charset(3), fribidi_parse_charset(3), fribidi_mirroring_sta‐
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47 fribidi_set_reorder_nsm(3), fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels(3),
48 fribidi_get_type(3), fribidi_get_type_internal(3),
49 fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3), fribidi_log2vis(3),
50 fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels(3), fribidi_join_arabic(3),
51 fribidi_get_joining_types(3), fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3),
52 fribidi_get_mirror_char(3), fribidi_shape_mirroring(3),
53 fribidi_get_bracket(3), fribidi_get_bracket_types(3), fribidi_shape(3)
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57c2man fribidi-joining-types.h 19 February 2018 fribidi_get_joining_type(3)