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)