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.TH "fribidi_get_bidi_type" 3 "2 December 2012" "GNU FriBidi 0.19.5" "Programmer's Manual"
.SH "NAME"
fribidi_get_bidi_type \- get character bidi type
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.ft B
#include <fribidi.h>
.sp
FriBidiCharType fribidi_get_bidi_type(FriBidiChar ch);
.ft R
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.TP
.B "FriBidiChar ch"
Input character.
.SH "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.
.SH "RETURNS"
Possible values for a \fBFriBidiCharType\fR are as follows:
.RS 0.75in
.PD 0
.ft B
.nr TL \w'FRIBIDI_TYPE_LTR'u+0.2i
.ft R
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_LTR\fR
Left-To-Right letter.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_RTL\fR
Right-To-Left letter.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_AL\fR
Arabic Letter.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_EN\fR
European Numeral.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_AN\fR
Arabic Numeral.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_ES\fR
European number Separator.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_ET\fR
European number Terminator.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_CS\fR
Common Separator.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_NSM\fR
Non Spacing Mark.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_BN\fR
Boundary Neutral.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_BS\fR
Block Separator.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_SS\fR
Segment Separator.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_WS\fR
WhiteSpace.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_ON\fR
Other Neutral.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_LRE\fR
Left-to-Right Embedding.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_RLE\fR
Right-to-Left Embedding.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_LRO\fR
Left-to-Right Override.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_RLO\fR
Right-to-Left Override.
.TP \n(TLu
\fBFRIBIDI_TYPE_PDF\fR
Pop Directional Flag.
.RE
.PD
.SH "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)