fribidi_get...ng_type_name(3)

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✨ fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Programmer's Manual for FriBidi today and this page is literally all about one tiny lowercase function that tells you the name of a joining type 💅 it's giving "small function, big knowledge" and honestly? iconic.

🎀 NAME 🎀

fribidi_get_joining_type_name — get joining type name 🌸

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

const char *fribidi_get_joining_type_name(FriBidiJoiningType j);

like yes, that's the whole vibe. you hand it a joining type, it hands you a name back 🫶

💖 PARAMETERS 💖

  • FriBidiJoiningType j — the input joining type, aka the thing you're curious about 👀

the possible values for a FriBidiJoiningType are, in no particular order but like, this exact order actually:

  • 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. (yes bestie, fictional 😭 it's pretend, don't come for me)
  • FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_G — IGnored, e.g. LRE, RLE, ZWNBSP.

lowkey obsessed with how U is "NUn" and G is "IGnored" — the capitalization is doing main character energy and I respect it 💀

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what does this function do? it returns the joining type name of a joining type ✨ that's it, that's the tea 🍓

🚨 important bestie note: the returned string is a static string and should not be freed. do not call free() on it. that's not your memory to free, it's not your house, stay out of it 💀

the type names are the same as the 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

(the link is literally in the source, I'm not clicking it for you, but it's right there 🧚)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is long and it ate, so buckle in — every single one, no skips, periodt 🔥

like, the whole squad showed up 💜

💀 one last thing — nothing else on this page, no bugs, no warnings, no author section. we keep it exactly as it is, no cap.

and that's the page!! mwah 🫶

generated by c2man from fribidi-joining-types.h, dated 29 October 2026, and the manual page title is literally fribidi_get...ng_type_name(3) — yes the ellipsis is really in there, it's a whole aesthetic 😭✨ slay, go read the rest of the FriBidi manual bestie 🎀

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