This is great, I changed the line that said: myNotes = [theNotes stringValue]; to: myNotes = [theNotes string]; And it worked.
I am not sure where abouts in the class reference for NSTextView it states that you should pass it a -string rather than a -stringValue but it worked all the same. Brilliant Thanks again Paul 2008/6/29 Nathan Kinsinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Jun 29, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Papa-Raboon wrote: > >> Hi Kyle and thanks for responding. I am not sure what part of the >> documentation you refer to when you say cocoa text system but I >> started reading about NSTextView and NSText and to be honest until I >> get more familiar with cocoa and everything clicks into place the >> documentation seems very confusing and tends to assume previous >> programming knowledge and a good understanding of the nuances of this >> sort of code. I have dabbled with other languages but the only >> language I managed to get a good understanding of was PHP. Cocoa seems >> a lot more disciplined in it's structure to me than PHP which is very >> forgiving indeed. >> >> So at the moment people have been kindly telling me what to do to >> achieve each little bit of my project that I don't understand and I >> have been figuring out bits myself along the way. this method seems to >> work best for me as I have started to figure out more and more without >> help. So I think I understand what you mean about not using NSString >> with an NSTextView but if you fancy throwing together a couple of >> lines of code so I can see visually how it's done then I think I will >> have a better chance of understanding it eventually. >> >> If you don't have time to then I understand totally. I am sure newbies >> like me can be a little demanding at times :-) >> >> Thanks >> >> Paul > > If you look in the upper left corner of the NSTextView or NSText > documentation page you will see a box labeled "NSText[View] Class > Reference", at the bottom of that box is a section labeled "Companion Guide" > and in there is a link to Text System Overview, which is the doc that Kyle > is referring to. You should probably read most of it, but especially read > the "Building a Text Editor in 15 Minutes" chapter which has sample code > that should do what you need or at least get you in the right direction. > > If you are just learning Cocoa then you should really start with the Cocoa > Fundamentals Guide: > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/Introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html > or a Cocoa programming book. > > --Nathan > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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]
