fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3)

💅 fribidi_charset_to_unicode — the glow-up from charset to Unicode

okay so bestie, you found the fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3) page and honestly? it's giving character-set-to-Unicode-glow-up and it's iconic. this lives in the FriBidi Programmer's Manual (yes, the FriBidi crew, we love them), so pull up a chair 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fribidi_charset_to_unicode — convert string to Unicode. literally that's it, that's the whole job 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

FriBidiStrIndex fribidi_charset_to_unicode
(
     FriBidiCharSet char_set,
     const char *s,
     FriBidiStrIndex len,
     FriBidiChar *us
);

copy it exactly bestie, no cap, that #include path is weird-looking but it is what it is 🙈

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💖 PARAMETERS 💖

• FriBidiCharSet char_set — the character set you're converting from. pick your fighter:

Possible values for a FriBidiCharSet are as follows:

• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_UTF8 — UTF-8 (Unicode). the main character 👑
• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_CAP_RTL — CapRTL (Test). yes it says Test, she's a test girly 🧪
• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_ISO8859_6 — ISO8859-6 (Arabic).
• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_ISO8859_8 — ISO8859-8 (Hebrew).
• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_CP1255 — CP1255 (MS Hebrew/Yiddish).
• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_CP1256 — CP1256 (MS Arabic).

• const char *s — the input string, encoded in char_set. this is the vibe you're bringing in 💫
• FriBidiStrIndex len — the input string length. tell her how long she is, she needs to know 📏
• FriBidiChar *us — the output Unicode string. the after photo 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do? this function converts a string from a character set, to a Unicode string. that's the entire serve. charset in, Unicode out, periodt ✨

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🫶 RETURNS 🫶

The length of the new string. that's the number you get back, and it's the length of the new one — not the old one, bestie, don't get it twisted 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• fribidi_shape_arabic(3)
• fribidi_get_par_direction(3)
• fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex(3)
• fribidi_reorder_line(3)
• fribidi_get_bidi_type(3)
• fribidi_get_bidi_types(3)
• fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3)
• fribidi_unicode_to_charset(3)
• fribidi_parse_charset(3)
• fribidi_debug_status(3)
• fribidi_set_debug(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_get_par_embedding_levels(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_get_bracket(3)
• fribidi_get_bracket_types(3)
• fribidi_shape(3)
• fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3)
• fribidi_log2vis(3)

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lowkey if you're going the other direction, fribidi_unicode_to_charset(3) is right there, she's the reverse queen 💜

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and that's the page!! this one came from c2man fribidi-char-sets.h, dated 29 October 2026 — mwah, sending you off with a kiss, go convert some strings bestie 🍓✨💖