Function

Pango-1.0Pangounichar_direction

  • Determines the inherent direction of a character.

    The inherent direction is either PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR, PANGO_DIRECTION_RTL, or PANGO_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL.

    This function is useful to categorize characters into left-to-right letters, right-to-left letters, and everything else. If full Unicode bidirectional type of a character is needed, Pango.BidiType.for_unichar can be used instead.

    Parameters

    • ch: string

      a Unicode character

    Returns Pango.Direction

    the direction of the character.