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# bidiProcessingEnabled

A Boolean value controlling whether the typesetter performs bidirectional text processing.

```
var bidiProcessingEnabled: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

You can use this method to disable the bidirectional layout stage if you know the paragraph does not need this stage; that is, if the characters in the backing store are in display order.

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