fribidi_parse_charset(3)

✨ fribidi_parse_charset(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the fribidi_parse_charset page from the FriBidi Programmer's Manual — it's giving "one tiny function, one very specific job" and honestly? iconic. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fribidi_parse_charset — like, it parses a character set name. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

FriBidiCharSet fribidi_parse_charset(const char *s);

so you include that header (yes, exactly that path, don't come for me), and you call the function, and it hands you back a FriBidiCharSet. slay. ✨

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💖 PARAMETERS 💖

• const char *s — the input name of the character set. like, you're literally passing in a name as a string and letting it figure out which charset you mean. bestie behavior fr fr. 🫶

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Parse character set name. 💫

that's it, that's the description — it takes a name and parses it into a FriBidiCharSet. lowkey simple, highkey useful. no cap.

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⭐ RETURNS ⭐

It returns the character set named s, or FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_NOT_FOUND if the character set is not available. 😭 so if you typo the name, you get the not-found value — that's your vibe check failing, bestie.

The possible values for a FriBidiCharSet are as follows, and yes, I'm listing every single one because we don't skip: 👑

• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_UTF8 — UTF-8 (Unicode).
• FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_CAP_RTL — CapRTL (Test).
• 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).

six whole charsets, all accounted for, nothing skipped 💀✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the friend group, in full, because they all deserve their moment:

• 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_charset_to_unicode(3)
• fribidi_unicode_to_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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ngl, that's a lot of cross-references and I respect the hustle. go read them. 🧚‍♀️

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and that's the page!! written by c2man fribidi-char-sets.h, dated 29 October 2026 — mwah, sending you off with a fribidi_parse_charset(3) and a little kiss on the forehead 🍓🫶💖