bionic (3) fribidi_get_joining_type.3.gz
NAME
fribidi_get_joining_type - get character joining type
SYNOPSIS
#include <fribidi.h>
FriBidiJoiningType fribidi_get_joining_type(FriBidiChar ch);
PARAMETERS
FriBidiChar ch
Input character.
DESCRIPTION
This function returns the joining type of a character as defined in Table 8-2 Primary Arabic Joining
Classes of the Unicode standard available at http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.0/ch08.pdf#G7462,
using data provided in file ArabicShaping.txt and UnicodeData.txt of the Unicode Character Database
available at http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/ArabicShaping.txt and
http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.txt.
There are a few macros defined in fribidi-joining-types.h for querying a joining type.
RETURNS
Possible values for a FriBidiJoiningType are as follows:
FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_U NUn-joining, e.g. Full Stop.
FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_R Right-joining, e.g. Arabic Letter Dal.
FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_D Dual-joining, e.g. Arabic Letter Ain.
FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_C Join-Causing, e.g. Tatweel, ZWJ.
FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_T Transparent, e.g. Arabic Fatha.
FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_L Left-joining, i.e. Fictional.
FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_G IGnored, e.g. LRE, RLE, ZWNBSP.
SEE ALSO
fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3), fribidi_unicode_to_charset(3), fribidi_parse_charset(3), fribidi_shape_arabic(3), fribidi_get_par_direction(3), fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels(3), fribidi_reorder_line(3), fribidi_get_bidi_type(3), fribidi_get_bidi_types(3), fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3), fribidi_debug_status(3), fribidi_mirroring_status(3), fribidi_set_mirroring(3), fribidi_reorder_nsm_status(3), fribidi_set_reorder_nsm(3), fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels(3), fribidi_get_type(3), fribidi_get_type_internal(3), fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3), fribidi_log2vis(3), fribidi_join_arabic(3), fribidi_get_joining_types(3), fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3), fribidi_get_mirror_char(3), fribidi_shape_mirroring(3), fribidi_shape(3)