fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3)

fribidi_get_joining_type_name3

Get joining type name

Usage

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

const char *fribidi_get_joining_type_name(FriBidiJoiningType j);

Parameters

FriBidiJoiningType j

Input joining type.

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.

Overview

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

The type names are the same as ones 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.

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.