Bad, yes; better than nothing, no.

Christiaan

On 22 May 2009, at 5:14 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:

> OK.  You definitely know far more than I.  But does Cocoa allow for a
> bad (but better than nothing) estimate of the area needed for text?
>
>> You could search the archives. It is not possible to get a good
>> estimate of the size of the text area, as it does not use the  
>> standard
>> Cocoa layout engine.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>> On 22 May 2009, at 5:04 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:
>>
>>> Any details on why not?  Is it not possible for note panels to get
>>> string-length and font-size settings for the note and make a fair
>>> estimate of the actual area required?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>> No, this is not possible.
>>>>
>>>> Christiaan
>>>>
>>>> On 21 May 2009, at 7:54 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Would it be possible to smarten-up note rectangles so they would
>>>>> grow
>>>>> or shrink to hug the edges of the text they contain?  I tend to do
>>>>> this manually to save space and/or reveal all I've written, but
>>>>> wouldn't it be great if they did it themselves?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for considering,
>>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>
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