GLib::Unicode
Module Functions
GLib::Unicode.canonical_ordering(ucs4)-
Computes the canonical ordering of a string. This
rearranges decomposed characters in the string
according to their combining classes. See the Unicode
manual for more information.
- ucs4: a UCS-4 encoded String
- Returns: the canonical ordering of ucs4
GLib::Unicode.canonical_decomposition(unichar)-
Computes the canonical decomposition of a Unicode
character.
- unichar: a Unicode character as Integer
- Returns: a string of Unicode characters.
Constants
Type
These are the possible character classifications from the Unicode specification. See <URL:http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.html>.
CONTROL- General category "Other, Control" (Cc)
FORMAT- General category "Other, Format" (Cf)
UNASSIGNED- General category "Other, Not Assigned" (Cn)
PRIVATE_USE- General category "Other, Private Use" (Co)
SURROGATE- General category "Other, Surrogate" (Cs)
LOWERCASE_LETTER- General category "Letter, Lowercase" (Ll)
MODIFIER_LETTER- General category "Letter, Modifier" (Lm)
OTHER_LETTER- General category "Letter, Other" (Lo)
TITLECASE_LETTER- General category "Letter, Titlecase" (Lt)
UPPERCASE_LETTER- General category "Letter, Uppercase" (Lu)
COMBINING_MARK- General category "Mark, Spacing Combining" (Mc)
ENCLOSING_MARK- General category "Mark, Enclosing" (Me)
NON_SPACING_MARK- General category "Mark, Nonspacing" (Mn)
DECIMAL_NUMBER- General category "Number, Decimal Digit" (Nd)
LETTER_NUMBER- General category "Number, Letter" (Nl)
OTHER_NUMBER- General category "Number, Other" (No)
CONNECT_PUNCTUATION- General category "Punctuation, Connector" (Pc)
DASH_PUNCTUATION- General category "Punctuation, Dash" (Pd)
CLOSE_PUNCTUATION- General category "Punctuation, Close" (Pe)
FINAL_PUNCTUATION- General category "Punctuation, Final quote" (Pf)
INITIAL_PUNCTUATION- General category "Punctuation, Initial quote" (Pi)
OTHER_PUNCTUATION- General category "Punctuation, Other" (Po)
OPEN_PUNCTUATION- General category "Punctuation, Open" (Ps)
CURRENCY_SYMBOL- General category "Symbol, Currency" (Sc)
MODIFIER_SYMBOL- General category "Symbol, Modifier" (Sk)
MATH_SYMBOL- General category "Symbol, Math" (Sm)
OTHER_SYMBOL- General category "Symbol, Other" (So)
LINE_SEPARATOR- General category "Separator, Line" (Zl)
PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR- General category "Separator, Paragraph" (Zp)
SPACE_SEPARATOR- General category "Separator, Space" (Zs)
BreakType
These are the possible line break classifications. The five Hangul types were added in Unicode 4.1, so, has been introduced in GLib 2.10. Note that new types may be added in the future. Applications should be ready to handle unknown values. They may be regarded as GLib::Unicode::BreakType::UNKNOWN. See <URL:http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr14/>.
AFTERALPHABETICAMBIGUOUSBEFOREBEFORE_AND_AFTERCARRIAGE_RETURNCLOSE_PUNCTUATIONCOMBINING_MARKCOMPLEX_CONTEXTCONTINGENTEXCLAMATIONHANGUL_LVT_SYLLABLEHANGUL_LV_SYLLABLEHANGUL_L_JAMOHANGUL_T_JAMOHANGUL_V_JAMOHYPHENIDEOGRAPHICINFIX_SEPARATORINSEPARABLELINE_FEEDMANDATORYNEXT_LINENON_BREAKING_GLUENON_STARTERNUMERICOPEN_PUNCTUATIONPOSTFIXPREFIXQUOTATIONSPACESURROGATESYMBOLUNKNOWNWORD_JOINERZERO_WIDTH_SPACE
Script
The GLib::Unicode::Script enumeration identifies different writing systems. The values correspond to the names as defined in the Unicode standard. The enumeration has been added in GLib 2.14. Note that new types may be added in the future. Applications should be ready to handle unknown values. See Unicode Standard Annex 24: Script names. Since 2.14
INVALID_CODE- a value never returned from GLib::UniChar.get_script
COMMON- a character used by multiple different scripts
INHERITED- a mark glyph that takes its script from the base glyph to which it is attached
ARABIC- Arabic
ARMENIAN- Armenian
BENGALI- Bengali
BOPOMOFO- Bopomofo
CHEROKEE- Cherokee
COPTIC- Coptic
CYRILLIC- Cyrillic
DESERET- Deseret
DEVANAGARI- Devanagari
ETHIOPIC- Ethiopic
GEORGIAN- Georgian
GOTHIC- Gothic
GREEK- Greek
GUJARATI- Gujarati
GURMUKHI- Gurmukhi
HAN- Han
HANGUL- Hangul
HEBREW- Hebrew
HIRAGANA- Hiragana
KANNADA- Kannada
KATAKANA- Katakana
KHMER- Khmer
LAO- Lao
LATIN- Latin
MALAYALAM- Malayalam
MONGOLIAN- Mongolian
MYANMAR- Myanmar
OGHAM- Ogham
OLD_ITALIC- Old Italic
ORIYA- Oriya
RUNIC- Runic
SINHALA- Sinhala
SYRIAC- Syriac
TAMIL- Tamil
TELUGU- Telugu
THAANA- Thaana
THAI- Thai
TIBETAN- Tibetan
CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL- Canadian Aboriginal
YI- Yi
TAGALOG- Tagalog
HANUNOO- Hanunoo
BUHID- Buhid
TAGBANWA- Tagbanwa
BRAILLE- Braille
CYPRIOT- Cypriot
LIMBU- Limbu
OSMANYA- Osmanya
SHAVIAN- Shavian
LINEAR_B- Linear B
TAI_LE- Tai Le
UGARITIC- Ugaritic
NEW_TAI_LUE- New Tai Lue
BUGINESE- Buginese
GLAGOLITIC- Glagolitic
TIFINAGH- Tifinagh
SYLOTI_NAGRI- Syloti Nagri
OLD_PERSIAN- Old Persian
KHAROSHTHI- Kharoshthi
UNKNOWN- an unassigned code point
BALINESE- Balinese
CUNEIFORM- Cuneiform
PHOENICIAN- Phoenician
SCRIPT_PHAGS_PA- Phags-pa
NKO- N'Ko
BREAK_AFTERBREAK_ALPHABETICBREAK_AMBIGUOUSBREAK_BEFOREBREAK_BEFORE_AND_AFTERBREAK_CARRIAGE_RETURNBREAK_CLOSE_PUNCTUATIONBREAK_COMBINING_MARKBREAK_COMPLEX_CONTEXTBREAK_CONTINGENTBREAK_EXCLAMATIONBREAK_HANGUL_LVT_SYLLABLEBREAK_HANGUL_LV_SYLLABLEBREAK_HANGUL_L_JAMOBREAK_HANGUL_T_JAMOBREAK_HANGUL_V_JAMOBREAK_HYPHENBREAK_IDEOGRAPHICBREAK_INFIX_SEPARATORBREAK_INSEPARABLEBREAK_LINE_FEEDBREAK_MANDATORYBREAK_NEXT_LINEBREAK_NON_BREAKING_GLUEBREAK_NON_STARTERBREAK_NUMERICBREAK_OPEN_PUNCTUATIONBREAK_POSTFIXBREAK_PREFIXBREAK_QUOTATIONBREAK_SPACEBREAK_SURROGATEBREAK_SYMBOLBREAK_UNKNOWNBREAK_WORD_JOINERBREAK_ZERO_WIDTH_SPACESCRIPT_ARABICSCRIPT_ARMENIANSCRIPT_BALINESESCRIPT_BENGALISCRIPT_BOPOMOFOSCRIPT_BRAILLESCRIPT_BUGINESESCRIPT_BUHIDSCRIPT_CANADIAN_ABORIGINALSCRIPT_CHEROKEESCRIPT_COMMONSCRIPT_COPTICSCRIPT_CUNEIFORMSCRIPT_CYPRIOTSCRIPT_CYRILLICSCRIPT_DESERETSCRIPT_DEVANAGARISCRIPT_ETHIOPICSCRIPT_GEORGIANSCRIPT_GLAGOLITICSCRIPT_GOTHICSCRIPT_GREEKSCRIPT_GUJARATISCRIPT_GURMUKHISCRIPT_HANSCRIPT_HANGULSCRIPT_HANUNOOSCRIPT_HEBREWSCRIPT_HIRAGANASCRIPT_INHERITEDSCRIPT_INVALID_CODESCRIPT_KANNADASCRIPT_KATAKANASCRIPT_KHAROSHTHISCRIPT_KHMERSCRIPT_LAOSCRIPT_LATINSCRIPT_LIMBUSCRIPT_LINEAR_BSCRIPT_MALAYALAMSCRIPT_MONGOLIANSCRIPT_MYANMARSCRIPT_NEW_TAI_LUESCRIPT_NKOSCRIPT_OGHAMSCRIPT_OLD_ITALICSCRIPT_OLD_PERSIANSCRIPT_ORIYASCRIPT_OSMANYASCRIPT_PHOENICIANSCRIPT_RUNICSCRIPT_SHAVIANSCRIPT_SINHALASCRIPT_SYLOTI_NAGRISCRIPT_SYRIACSCRIPT_TAGALOGSCRIPT_TAGBANWASCRIPT_TAI_LESCRIPT_TAMILSCRIPT_TELUGUSCRIPT_THAANASCRIPT_THAISCRIPT_TIBETANSCRIPT_TIFINAGHSCRIPT_UGARITICSCRIPT_UNKNOWNSCRIPT_YISCRIPT_CARIANSCRIPT_CHAMSCRIPT_KAYAH_LISCRIPT_LEPCHASCRIPT_LYCIANSCRIPT_LYDIANSCRIPT_OL_CHIKISCRIPT_REJANGSCRIPT_SAURASHTRASCRIPT_SUNDANESESCRIPT_VAI
Keyword(s):
References:[GLib::UniChar] [GLib::Unicode::BreakType] [Ruby/GLib] [GLib::Unicode] [index-ruby-glib2] [index-ruby-gio2] [News_20061229_1] [GLib::Unicode::Script] [GLib::Unicode::Type]