fribidi_get_joining_type(3) 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.