fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3)

fribidi_get_bidi_type_name3

Get bidi type name

Usage

#include <../fribidi/lib/fribidi.h>

const char *fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(FriBidiCharType t);

Parameters

FriBidiCharType t

Input bidi type.

Since there are 23 possible values for a FriBidiCharType, they are not all listed here.

Overview

This function returns the bidi type name of a character type. The returned string is a static string and should not be freed.

The type names are the same as ones defined in Table 3.7 Bidirectional Character Types of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm available at http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/#Bidirectional_Character_Types, with a few modifications: L->LTR, R->RTL, B->BS, S->SS.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 6.0–7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11–12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

From fribidi 1.0.18-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.