fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3)					Programmer's Manual				      fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3)

NAME

       fribidi_remove_bidi_marks - remove bidi marks out of an string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fribidi.h>

       FriBidiStrIndex fribidi_remove_bidi_marks
       (
	    FriBidiChar *str,
	    const FriBidiStrIndex len,
	    FriBidiStrIndex *positions_to_this,
	    FriBidiStrIndex *position_from_this_list,
	    FriBidiLevel *embedding_levels
       );

PARAMETERS

       FriBidiChar *str
	      Input string to clean.

       const FriBidiStrIndex len
	      Input string length.

       FriBidiStrIndex *positions_to_this
	      List mapping positions to the order used in str.

       FriBidiStrIndex *position_from_this_list
	      List mapping positions from the order used in str.

       FriBidiLevel *embedding_levels
	      List of embedding levels.

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  removes the bidi and boundary-neutral marks out of an string and the accompanying lists.  It implements rule X9 of the Uni-
       code Bidirectional Algorithm available at http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/#X9, with the exception that it removes  U+200E  LEFT-TO-RIGHT
       MARK and U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK too.

       If  any	of  the  input	lists are NULL, the list is skipped.  If str is the visual string, then positions_to_this is  positions_L_to_V and
       position_from_this_list is positions_V_to_L;  if str is the logical string, the other way. Moreover, the position  maps	should	be  filled
       with valid entries.

       A position map pointing to a removed character is filled with -1. By the way, you should not use embedding_levels if str is visual string.

       For best results this function should be run on a whole paragraph, not lines; but feel free to do otherwise if you know what you are doing.
       Deprecated.  Use fribidi_remove_special_chars instead.

RETURNS

       New length of the string, or -1 if an error occured (memory allocation failure most probably).

SEE ALSO

       fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3),  fribidi_unicode_to_charset(3),  fribidi_parse_charset(3),  fribidi_shape_arabic(3),  fribidi_get_par_direc-
       tion(3),     fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels(3),     fribidi_reorder_line(3),	  fribidi_get_bidi_type(3),	fribidi_get_bidi_types(3),
       fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3),  fribidi_debug_status(3),  fribidi_mirroring_status(3),  fribidi_set_mirroring(3),  fribidi_reorder_nsm_sta-
       tus(3),	  fribidi_set_reorder_nsm(3),	 fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels(3),    fribidi_get_type(3),    fribidi_get_type_internal(3),
       fribidi_log2vis(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_shape(3)

GNU FriBidi 0.19.2						  30 January 2006				      fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3)