On Dec 18, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > >> On Dec 18, 2015, at 1:24 AM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> I want to display a path to the user. I have a URL, I need to show the local >> file path that represents (it’s always a local file path), where the >> /Users/<username>/ is replaced by ~/ > > The best methods for this are in NSFileManager:
> - (NSString *)displayNameAtPath:(NSString *)path; > - (nullable NSArray<NSString *> *)componentsToDisplayForPath:(NSString *)path; > > There are other transformations to the path for display besides “~”. For > example, the user should never see “/Volumes”, or hidden suffixes like > “.app”. And some names get completely localized for display — the “Downloads” > directory looks like “Dvökhn¶r” in Elbonian, for example. And in a UI, it may be better to use an NSPathControl than to display a path as text. Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
