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Direction
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.Pango





.. class:: Direction
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``PangoDirection`` represents a direction in the Unicode bidirectional
algorithm.

Not every value in this enumeration makes sense for every usage of
``PangoDirection``; for example, the return value of :obj:`~gi.repository.Pango.unichar_direction`
and :obj:`~gi.repository.Pango.find_base_dir` cannot be ``PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_LTR`` or
``PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_RTL``, since every character is either neutral
or has a strong direction; on the other hand ``PANGO_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL``
doesn't make sense to pass to :obj:`~gi.repository.Pango.itemize_with_base_dir`.

The ``PANGO_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR``, ``PANGO_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL`` values come from
an earlier interpretation of this enumeration as the writing direction
of a block of text and are no longer used. See ``PangoGravity`` for how
vertical text is handled in Pango.

If you are interested in text direction, you should really use fribidi
directly. ``PangoDirection`` is only retained because it is used in some
public apis.













Fields
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: Direction
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   .. attribute:: LTR

      A strong left-to-right direction







   .. attribute:: NEUTRAL

      No direction specified







   .. attribute:: RTL

      A strong right-to-left direction







   .. attribute:: TTB_LTR

      Deprecated value; treated the
      same as ``PANGO_DIRECTION_RTL``.







   .. attribute:: TTB_RTL

      Deprecated value; treated the
      same as ``PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR``







   .. attribute:: WEAK_LTR

      A weak left-to-right direction







   .. attribute:: WEAK_RTL

      A weak right-to-left direction