# arabic-reshaper-rs
Reconstruct Arabic sentences to be used in applications that don't support Arabic.
This crate is [python-arabic-reshaper](https://github.com/mpcabd/python-arabic-reshaper) ported to rust.
Like `python-arabic-reshaper` it reshapes the letters, but it doesnt reverse the writing, the user is responsible for that: you can look at [Unicode bidirectional algorithm](http://unicode.org/reports/tr9/) or simply try reversing the characters orders and see if that works for you
## Usage:
`arabic_reshape`:
Reshape letters
```rust
use arabic_reshaper::arabic_reshape;
let salam = "سلام";
println!("{}",arabic_reshape(salam));
// سلام is now correctly reshaped but the letters are not reversed yet
// For simple cases we can use chars().rev()
// For a more correct approach http://unicode.org/reports/tr9/ should be used (via https://docs.rs/unic_bidi crate for example)
```
Checkout the tests/bench directories for more examples.
## Minimum Rust version
Starting version `0.4.0` the msrv is **1.51**
### CLI:
[`rtl_reshaper_rs`](https://github.com/NightMachinary/rtl_reshaper_rs) is a CLI frontend available that reshapes and reorders `stdin`.
## Todo:
- [ ] document the code
**Credits/More info:**
Check the awesome original python version.
[python-arabic-reshaper](https://github.com/mpcabd/python-arabic-reshaper)
