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BidiType
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.Pango


.. versionadded:: 1.22




.. deprecated:: 1.44

   Use fribidi for this information



.. class:: BidiType
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``PangoBidiType`` represents the bidirectional character
type of a Unicode character.

The values in this enumeration are specified by the
`Unicode bidirectional algorithm <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/>`_.





Methods
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: BidiType
   :no-index:


   .. method:: for_unichar(ch: str) -> ~gi.repository.Pango.BidiType

      Determines the bidirectional type of a character.

      The bidirectional type is specified in the Unicode Character Database.

      A simplified version of this function is available as :obj:`~gi.repository.Pango.unichar_direction`.



      .. versionadded:: 1.22





      :param ch: a Unicode character















Fields
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: BidiType
   :no-index:
   

   .. attribute:: AL

      Right-to-Left Arabic







   .. attribute:: AN

      Arabic Number







   .. attribute:: B

      Paragraph Separator







   .. attribute:: BN

      Boundary Neutral







   .. attribute:: CS

      Common Number Separator







   .. attribute:: EN

      European Number







   .. attribute:: ES

      European Number Separator







   .. attribute:: ET

      European Number Terminator







   .. attribute:: FSI

      First strong isolate. Since 1.48.6







   .. attribute:: L

      Left-to-Right







   .. attribute:: LRE

      Left-to-Right Embedding







   .. attribute:: LRI

      Left-to-Right isolate. Since 1.48.6







   .. attribute:: LRO

      Left-to-Right Override







   .. attribute:: NSM

      Nonspacing Mark







   .. attribute:: ON

      Other Neutrals







   .. attribute:: PDF

      Pop Directional Format







   .. attribute:: PDI

      Pop directional isolate. Since 1.48.6







   .. attribute:: R

      Right-to-Left







   .. attribute:: RLE

      Right-to-Left Embedding







   .. attribute:: RLI

      Right-to-Left isolate. Since 1.48.6







   .. attribute:: RLO

      Right-to-Left Override







   .. attribute:: S

      Segment Separator







   .. attribute:: WS

      Whitespace