Below are the string types and short description used on
the system for bidi CCSIDs.
| Type |
Text Type1 |
Numeric Shaping2 |
Orientation |
Text Shaping3 |
Symmetric Swapping4 |
| 4 |
V |
pass-through |
LTR |
Shaped |
Off |
| 5 |
I |
Arabic |
LTR |
Unshaped |
On |
| 6 |
I |
Arabic |
RTL |
Unshaped |
On |
| 8 |
V |
pass-through |
RTL |
Shaped |
Off |
| 10 |
I |
pass-through |
Contextual Left |
Unshaped |
On |
Notes:
- 1
- Text type: V = Visual; I = Implicit
- 2
- Numeric Shaping: In Arabic, it is common to use Hindi numbers
instead of Arabic numbers. "1" "2" etc. are the Arabic version of
the numbers.
- 3
- Text Shaping: Specifies the shaping: that is, choosing (or composing)
the correct shape of the input or output text.
- 4
- Symmetrical Swapping: The Swapping descriptor specifies whether
symmetric swapping is applied to the text. A list of symmetric swapping
characters is given in the ISO/IEC 10646 standard. For example, the
string "(1)" without might become ")1("
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More information on this topic can be found at IBM® Globilization 