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Strings Programming Guide for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to create, manipulate, and search strings in Core Foundation, and how strings interact with encodings and character sets.
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Carbon, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2008-03-11
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Core Text Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to do text layout and font-related operations using the Core Text programming interfaces.
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Carbon, Typography |
Guides |
2008-02-08
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Font Handling
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains the Cocoa font management system and how users select fonts.
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Cocoa, Typography |
Guides |
2008-02-08
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Text Editing Programming Guide for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to control the behavior of the Cocoa text system as it performs text editing.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2008-02-08
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Apple Type Services for Fonts Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to access fonts using the ATS-based font management API. Includes implementing the Fonts window.
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Carbon, Typography |
Guides |
2007-12-11
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Text Layout Programming Guide for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how the Cocoa text system lays out text on pages.
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Cocoa |
Guides |
2007-12-11
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String Programming Guide for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to create, search, concatenate, and draw strings in Cocoa.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2007-10-18
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Text System Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how the Cocoa text system works. Includes a tutorial.
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Cocoa |
Guides |
2007-10-02
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Rulers and Paragraph Styles
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains paragraph styles and how to work with the rulers that enable users to manipulate them.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2007-09-04
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ATSUI Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to lay out, process, and draw Unicode text.
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Carbon, Typography |
Guides |
2007-07-10
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Attributed Strings Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use attributed strings, which manage attributes of character strings or individual characters.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2007-06-04
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Text Input Management
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use input servers, input managers, and text views in Cocoa.
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Cocoa |
Guides |
2007-02-08
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Text Attachment Programming Topics for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Expalins how to add graphics and other attachments to text.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2006-12-05
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Handling Unicode Text Editing With MLTE
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Apple's multilingual text engine.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2006-09-05
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Text System User Interface Layer Programming Guide for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to implement the main, high-level interface to the Cocoa text system.
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Cocoa |
Guides |
2006-06-28
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Search Kit Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes Search Kit architecture and workflow, and how to add search capabilities to Carbon and Cocoa applications.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
Guides |
2005-12-06
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Text System Storage Layer Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how the Cocoa text system stores the information it needs to lay out text.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2005-08-11
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Programming With the Text Encoding Conversion Manager
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains character encodings, Unicode conversion, and custom converter plug-ins. Lists encoding variants.
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Carbon, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2005-07-07
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Supporting Unicode Input
(HTML)
(PDF)
Introduces international text in Mac OS X and lists the tasks an application needs to perform.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2005-07-07
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Font Panel
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use the Cocoa Font panel.
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Cocoa |
Guides |
2004-08-31
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Text Attributes
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to work with attributes, the distinguishing characteristics of rich text.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2004-02-16
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Text Input and Output
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to read and write text files in Cocoa.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2004-02-10
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Spell Checking
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use the spell-checking facilities in the Cocoa text system.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2004-02-09
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Text Fields
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa text fields.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2004-02-09
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Text Views
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa text views.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2004-02-09
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Using Ink Services in Your Application
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how Ink Services works and how to customize handwriting recognition.
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Carbon, Text Manipulation |
Guides |
2003-07-24
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Understanding Text Input and the Text Services Manager in Carbon
(HTML)
(PDF)
Discusses keyboard input, including Unicode, and explains how events are routed and handled.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2002-12-11
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NSText Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that declares the most general programmatic interface for objects that manage text.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2008-05-06
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Latent Semantic Mapping Reference
(HTML)
Describes the C API for classifying text and other token-based content based on latent semantic information.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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Apple Type Services for Fonts Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for ATS-based font access and management.
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Carbon, Typography |
Reference |
2007-12-11
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Font Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for QuickDraw-based font access and management.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-12-11
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Script Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the legacy C API that was used for managing writing systems. Replaced by Unicode technology.
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Carbon, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-12-11
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Core Text Reference Collection
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API providing text and font services to applications and application environments.
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Carbon, Typography |
Reference |
2007-12-04
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NSAttributedString Application Kit Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes extensions to Foundation's NSAttributedString class that add support for document types, text attributes, and string handling.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-12-04
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NSSecureTextFieldCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that implements the user interface of NSSecureTextField.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class used to parse text into speech.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-07-23
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Input Method Kit Reference Update
(HTML)
(PDF)
Summarizes the symbols added to the Input Method Kit framework.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-07-18
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CTFont Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type that represents a font.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-06-29
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ATSUI Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for rendering Unicode-encoded text with advanced typographic features.
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Carbon, Typography |
Reference |
2007-06-28
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NSFont Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that represents fonts to an application.
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Cocoa, Typography |
Reference |
2007-06-08
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Text Input Source Services Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API for operating on text input sources, such as keyboards, character palettes, and ink input.
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Carbon, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-07
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IMKInputController Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that controls input on the input method side.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-06
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IMKServer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that manages connections to input method clients.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-06
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IMKServerInput Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the informal protocol used to receive text events.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-06
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Input Method Kit Framework Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API for building input methods for Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-06
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IMKCandidates Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that supports the use of candidate windows for an input method.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-05
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IMKMouseHandling Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the protocol used to receive mouse events for an input method client session.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-05
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IMKStateSetting Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the protocol used to set or access state values for an input method client session.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-05
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IMKTextInput Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the protocol used to send and obtain data from an input method client session.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-06-05
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CTFontDescriptor Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a font descriptor.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-30
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Text Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for operating on strings (formatting, sorting, converting, comparing).
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Carbon, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-05-29
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CTLine Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a line of text.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-24
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CTRun Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a glyph run.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-24
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CTFontCollection Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to store a collection of font references.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-16
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CTGlyphInfo Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to override a font's mapping from Unicode to the glyph ID.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-09
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Core Text String Attributes Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the CFAttributedString attributes recognized by Core Text.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-01
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CTFrame Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a frame containing multiple lines of text.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-01
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CTTextTab Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a tab in a paragraph style.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-01
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CTTypesetter Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a typesetter, which performs line layout.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-05-01
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NSSpellChecker Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that gives any application an interface to the Cocoa spell-checking service.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-27
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NSSpellServer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class used to make your particular spelling checker a service available to any application.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-27
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NSTextView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class instantiated as the front-end, primary user interface object of the Cocoa text system.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-27
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Core Text Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text functions and data types that apply to the framework as a whole.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-04-21
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CTFramesetter Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to generate text frames.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-04-21
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CTParagraphStyle Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent paragraph or ruler attributes in an attributed string.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-04-21
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NSLayoutManager Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that coordinates the layout and display of characters held in an NSTextStorage object.
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Cocoa, Text Manipulation |
Reference |
2007-04-16
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NSTextTable Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that represents a text table as a whole.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-11
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NSFontManager Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class instantiated as the controller object for the font conversion system.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-06
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NSFontPanel Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that implements the Font panel--a user interface object that displays a list of available fonts.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-06
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NSFontPanelValidation Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the informal protocol used to tell the Font panel to display some or all of its elements.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-06
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NSInputServerMouseTracker Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the protocol implemented by text input servers to handle mouse events.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-02
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NSInputServiceProvider Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the protocol implemented by text input servers to handle application and text field events.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-02
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NSInputManager Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class used by text views to communicate with the text input management system.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-01
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NSInputServer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that interprets text view events and communicates them to the text input management system.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-04-01
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NSTypesetter Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the abstract superclass that defines the interface for typesetter objects that perform text line layout.
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Cocoa, Typography |
Reference |
2007-03-26
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NSGlyphInfo Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that allows you to override a font's default mapping from Unicode to its glyph ID.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2007-03-01
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Fonts Panel Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for providing a Fonts window in a Carbon application.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-02-26
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Multilingual Text Engine Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for supporting Unicode text editing.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-02-19
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Search Kit Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Programming interfaces that support user searching of textual content, supporting query-based and similarity-based searches.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-07-14
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Find By Content Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the legacy C API for performing relevance-ranked searches. Replaced by Search Kit.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-07-13
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TextEdit Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the legacy C API for text handling and manipulation. Replaced by the Multilingual Text Engine (MLTE).
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Carbon |
Reference |
2006-07-13
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NSATSTypesetter Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a concrete subclass of NSTypesetter that places glyphs during text layout.
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Cocoa, Typography |
Reference |
2006-07-10
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NSAttributedString Class Reference
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(PDF)
Describes the class for creating and managing strings that can have sets of attributes associated with specified character ranges.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-06-28
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NSMutableAttributedString Class Reference
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(PDF)
Describes the subclass of NSAttributedString that supports changing characters and attributes in the string.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-06-28
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NSString Application Kit Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes extensions to Foundation's NSString class that add support for drawing string objects directly in an NSView.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-06-28
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NSChangeSpelling Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the formal protocol implemented by objects that can correct a misspelled word.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSGlyphGenerator Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class used to perform the initial, nominal glyph generation phase in the text layout process.
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Cocoa, Typography |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSGlyphStorage Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the formal protocol that defines the methods a glyph storage object must implement to interact properly with NSGlyphGenerator.
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Cocoa, Typography |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSIgnoreMisspelledWords Protocol Reference
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(PDF)
Describes the formal protocol implemented by text-bearing objects to have the spelling checker maintain a list of words to ignore.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSMutableAttributedString Additions Reference
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(PDF)
Describes extensions to Foundation's NSMutableAttributedString class that add support for setting text attributes and making them consistent.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSMutableParagraphStyle Class Reference
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(PDF)
Describes the class that supports changing the values of the subattributes in an NSParagraphStyle attribute.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSParagraphStyle Class Reference
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(PDF)
Describes the class that encapsulates the paragraph or ruler attributes used by the NSAttributedString classes.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSRulerMarker Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that displays a symbol, such as a tab setting, on an NSRulerView object.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSRulerView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that displays a ruler and markers adjoining an NSScrollView object's document view.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSSimpleHorizontalTypesetter Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the class used for text line layout that has been replaced by NSATSTypesetter.
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Cocoa, Typography |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSTextAttachment Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class used by the NSAttributedString class cluster as the value for attachment attributes.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSTextAttachmentCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that implements the functionality of the NSTextAttachmentCell protocol.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSTextBlock Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that represents a block of text laid out in a subregion of a text container.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSTextContainer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the class that defines a region where text is laid out.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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NSTextInput Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Descibes the formal protocol that text views implement to receive input from the user's keyboard and mouse.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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