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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)