GetTamilCategory
Signature
function GetTamilCategory(CP: Cardinal): Integer;Purpose
Returns the HotPDF syllabic category used by the Tamil reorder pre-pass. The function is a codepoint lookup, needs no font state, and returns category 0 for values outside the Tamil range
Return values
| Code | Category | Example codepoints |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Other | fallback or outside range |
| 1 | Consonant | Tamil consonants |
| 2 | Independent vowel | Tamil vowel letters |
| 3 | Matra | Tamil dependent vowel signs |
| 4 | Virama | halant or virama |
| 5 | Nukta | nukta mark where the script uses one |
| 6 | Bindu | chandrabindu or anusvara |
| 7 | Visarga | visarga sign |
| 9 | Digit | Tamil digits |
Notes
The category values feed the same reorder pipeline used by ApplyTamilReorder and by the full Indic dispatcher
See also
ApplyTamilReorder- Tamil reorder pre-passApplyIndicReorder- Indic dispatcher
Version history
- v2.119.73 - Introduced as part of the HotPDF Indic shaping batch