fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3)

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✨ fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the fribidi_get_bidi_type_name page 💖 this one lives in the Programmer's Manual and it's genuinely so simple it's giving main character energy for a one-function page 🎀

🦋 NAME 🦋

fribidi_get_bidi_type_name — get bidi type name, literally that's the whole job 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

const char *fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(FriBidiCharType t);

like yes, that's the include path, with the .. and everything — copy it exactly, don't get creative with it 🙈

🧚 PARAMETERS 🧚

  • FriBidiCharType t — your input bidi type, bestie. That's the thing you're asking about 🫶
ngl there are 23 possible values for a FriBidiCharType, and they are not all listed here. So if you were hoping for the full list, sorry babe, this page is not that 😭

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

This function returns the bidi type name of a character type. The returned string is a static string and should not be freed — the way that's so important, do not call free() on it, do not pass it to anything that frees, just leave it alone 💀

The type names are the same as the 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 ✨

so it's the Unicode table but with those four renamed, periodt 🔥

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

the whole friend group fr fr, no cap, all of these:

🎀 tiny sign-off moment: this lil page was generated by c2man from fribidi-bidi-types.h, dated 29 October 2026, and it's the fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3) page specifically. ily, go name some bidi types 💖🌈⭐
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