fribidi1
Convert a logical string to visual.
Usage
fribidi [OPTION] ...
[FILE] ...
Overview
A command line interface for the GNU FriBidi library. Convert a logical string to visual.
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-h, --help -
Display this information and exit
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-V, --version -
Display version information and exit
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-v, --verbose -
Verbose mode, same as
--basedir--ltov--vtol--levels
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-d, --debug -
Output debug information
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-t, --test -
Test GNU FriBidi, same as
--clean--nobreak--showinput--reordernsm--width80
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-c, --charset CS -
Specify character set, default is UTF-8
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--charsetdesc CS -
Show descriptions for character set CS and exit
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--caprtl -
Old style: set character set to CapRTL
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--showinput -
Output the input string too
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--nopad -
Do not right justify RTL lines
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--nobreak -
Do not break long lines
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-w, --width W -
Screen width for padding, default is 80, but if environment variable COLUMNS is defined, its value will be used,
--widthoverrides both of them.
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-B, --bol BOL -
Output string BOL before the visual string
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-E, --eol EOL -
Output string EOL after the visual string
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--rtl -
Force base direction to RTL
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--ltr -
Force base direction to LTR
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--wrtl -
Set base direction to RTL if no strong character found
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--wltr -
Set base direction to LTR if no strong character found (default)
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--nomirror -
Turn mirroring off, to do it later
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--reordernsm -
Reorder NSM sequences to follow their base character
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--clean -
Remove explicit format codes in visual string output, currently does not affect other outputs
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--basedir -
Output Base Direction
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--ltov -
Output Logical to Visual position map
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--vtol -
Output Visual to Logical position map
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--levels -
Output Embedding Levels
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--novisual -
Do not output the visual string, to be used with
--basedir,--ltov,--vtol,--levels
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All string indexes are zero based
Output:
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For each line of input, output something like this:
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[input-str` => '][BOL][[padding space]visual-str][EOL] [\n base-dir][\n ltov-map][\n vtol-map][\n levels]
Available character sets:
- * UTF-8
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: UTF-8 (Unicode)
- * CapRTL
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: CapRTL (Test) X
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* ISO8859-6 : ISO8859-6 (Arabic) * ISO8859-8 : ISO8859-8 (Hebrew) * CP1255 : CP1255 (MS Hebrew/Yiddish) * CP1256 : CP1256 (MS Arabic) X: Character set has descriptions, use
--charsetdescto see
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 7 (Wheezy)
- Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
- Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 4.0 (Etch)
- Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
--changes until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-C until Debian 13 (Trixie).