Thanks for the info (both you and Ross). You may be interested in: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/
On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Erik Buck wrote: > Change Filed to Field where appropriate. Grumble...auto-correct...grumble. > > --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Erik Buck <erik.b...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> From: Erik Buck <erik.b...@sbcglobal.net> >> Subject: Re: NSTextView vs NSTextField >> To: "Cocoa Dev" <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com>, "Eric Gorr" >> <mail...@ericgorr.net> >> Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 10:50 AM >> NSTextField doesn't display or edit >> text at all. It uses an instance of NSTextView calle >> dthe "filed editor" to provide all text dispay and >> editing. So you are right: NSTextFiled cannot do >> anythingthat NSTextView can't because NSTextField uses >> NSTextView. >> >> NSTextView is a large and heavy weight object. If you >> research the text subsystem, you will find multiple classes >> that collaborate to provide text display and editing. >> NSTextView is just the tip of the ice burg. It is the >> user visible "View" part of a huge infrastructure that >> includes "Model" and "Controller" components. It is a >> big deal to set-up and tear-down the whole infrastructure >> each time an NSTextField becomes editable. Therefore, >> all NSTextFields (Actually NSTextFiledCells) share a single >> NSTextView, the filed editor, per window. >> >> As for why not set-up the whole text infrastructure for >> every label and leave it set up...the best answer is that >> all of this software worked well on 8MB NeXT Cubes, and not >> instantiating the entire text system for every field is one >> reason why. >> >> >> --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Eric Gorr <mail...@ericgorr.net> >> wrote: >> >>> From: Eric Gorr <mail...@ericgorr.net> >>> Subject: NSTextView vs NSTextField >>> To: "Cocoa Dev" <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> >>> Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 8:45 AM >>> It seems to me that NSTextView can do >>> everything that NSTextField can and more. For example, >> on a >>> NSTextView, one can use the method >> setHorizontallyResizable: >>> and then call sizeToFit to get it to resize itself >>> vertically instead of horizontally. >>> >>> Is this correct? >>> >>> If so and if I am programmatically creating one of >> these >>> controls, is there any reason why I would want to use >> a >>> NSTextField? >>> (I know that IB uses a NSTextField for Labels, for >>> example...is this just a historical artifact?) >>> >>> If not, what are the key differences between them >> that >>> would cause me to want to use a NSTextField? Would it >>> basically come down to whether or not I need more then >> a >>> single line of text or not...NSTextField seems to be >>> optimized for single lines of text, but one can still >> get >>> the same behavior out of a NSTextView with a bit more >> work. >>> >>> Now, I know that NSTextFieldCell is commonly used as >> a >>> superclass for one's own cell based stuff, but I >> would >>> consider that as separate from the issue of >> NSTextField vs >>> NSTextView. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >>> >>> Please do not post admin requests or moderator >> comments to >>> the list. >>> Contact the moderators at >>> cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >>> >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/erik.buck%40sbcglobal.net >>> >>> This email sent to erik.b...@sbcglobal.net >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to >> the list. >> Contact the moderators at >> cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/erik.buck%40sbcglobal.net >> >> This email sent to erik.b...@sbcglobal.net >> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
