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)