Thanks to everyone that has responded to me. It has been a big help.
> > I want to draw in a NSView but not when drawRect is called. > > Others have pointed this out, but I want to reiterate: no you don't. > Trying to draw outside of drawRect: will only lead to pain. (It is > useful, on rare occasions. You are not experiencing one of them.) Work > with the view machinery. Call -setNeedsDisplay:. > I understand that the preferred method of doing thing is do your drawing in drawRect:. I would like to understand better what are the issues and draw backs to using lockFocus and then drawing. thanks -dave _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
