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Diffstat (limited to 'pango/pango-context.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | pango/pango-context.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pango/pango-context.c b/pango/pango-context.c index ea6d66e4..520ddff1 100644 --- a/pango/pango-context.c +++ b/pango/pango-context.c @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pango_context_get_type (void) static void pango_context_init (PangoContext *context) { - context->base_dir = PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR; + context->base_dir = PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_LTR; context->language = NULL; context->font_map = NULL; @@ -325,6 +325,13 @@ pango_context_get_language (PangoContext *context) * @direction: the new base direction * * Sets the base direction for the context. + * + * The base direction is used in applying the Unicode bidirectional + * algorithm; if the @direction is %PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR or + * %PANGO_DIRECTION_RTL, then the value will be used as the paragraph + * direction in the Unicode bidirectional algorithm. A value of + * %PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_LTR or %PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_RTL is used only + * for paragraphs that do not contain any strong characters themselves. **/ void pango_context_set_base_dir (PangoContext *context, @@ -337,9 +344,10 @@ pango_context_set_base_dir (PangoContext *context, /** * pango_context_get_base_dir: - * @context: + * @context: a #PangoContext * - * Retrieves the base direction for the context. + * Retrieves the base direction for the context. See + * pango_context_set_base_dir(). * * Return value: the base direction for the context. **/ |