NAME
fribidi_get_bidi_type - get character bidi type
SYNOPSIS
#include <fribidi.h>
FriBidiCharType fribidi_get_bidi_type(FriBidiChar ch);
PARAMETERS
FriBidiChar ch
Input character.
DESCRIPTION
This function returns the bidi type of a character as defined in Table
3.7 Bidirectional Character Types of the Unicode Bidirectional
Algorithm available at
http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/#Bidirectional_Character_Types,
using data provided in file UnicodeData.txt of the Unicode Character
Database available at
http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.txt.
There are a few macros defined in fribidi-bidi-types.h for querying a
bidi type.
RETURNS
Possible values for a FriBidiCharType are as follows:
FRIBIDI_TYPE_LTR Left-To-Right letter.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_RTL Right-To-Left letter.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_AL Arabic Letter.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_EN European Numeral.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_AN Arabic Numeral.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_ES European number Separator.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_ET European number Terminator.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_CS Common Separator.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_NSM Non Spacing Mark.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_BN Boundary Neutral.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_BS Block Separator.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_SS Segment Separator.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_WS WhiteSpace.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_ON Other Neutral.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_LRE Left-to-Right Embedding.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLE Right-to-Left Embedding.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_LRO Left-to-Right Override.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLO Right-to-Left Override.
FRIBIDI_TYPE_PDF Pop Directional Flag.
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_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_type(3), fribidi_get_joining_types(3),
fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3), fribidi_get_mirror_char(3),
fribidi_shape_mirroring(3), fribidi_shape(3)