Graham, Thanks for your reply! But how can I "find the range of the word" given the glyph index? I just can not find an API doing so.
So I don't think this is the underlying implementation. Any comments from others? On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I imagine it uses some API such as NSLayoutManager's: > > - (NSUInteger)glyphIndexForPoint:(NSPoint)point > inTextContainer:(NSTextContainer *)container > fractionOfDistanceThroughGlyph:(CGFloat *)partialFraction > > > One you have the glyph index you can find the range of the word it belongs > to. > > One you have the string of the word it belongs to, you can look it up in > dictionary.app using the Application Services API. > > > hth, though I am guessing to some extent. > > > > G. > -- B.Y. _______________________________________________ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
