On Feb 22, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Joel May wrote: > I would like to create a thread (NSThread) with a bumped-up priority and poll > the mouse and keyboard the same way I did in the carbon version. I'd like to > use the cocoa equivalents of GetButton() and GetKeys() but I can't find them. >
GetButton() [by which I think you actually mean Button()] - the Cocoa equivalent is +[NSEvent pressedMouseButtons], available in 10.6 and later GetKeys() - I don't believe there is currently a Cocoa or CoreGraphics equivalent (but could be wrong!). It's perfectly fine to continue using GetKeys(). > Am I safe using these api's. Are we supposed to not use them? You are safe using these APIs. They are still supported. We recommend that you use Cocoa equivalents when available - so you could use +[NSEvent pressedMouseButtons] on 10.6 and later, and Button() on 10.5 and earlier. > Will they go away in 10.7? No, because that would break many existing applications, and we place a high priority on not breaking existing applications. > Why do I read everywhere that carbon is dead and high level toolkit is dead? > Because many people are misinformed. Apple no longer recommends Carbon for new application development - Cocoa is recommended for all new development - but Carbon is not being removed from the OS either, because that would break existing applications. The High Level Toolbox APIs will continue to be supported for 32-bit apps and some parts of HLTB will also still be supported for 64-bit in cases where there is no other 64-bit equivalent. > If High Level Toolkit is ok, then why doesn't it appear in the docs. If I > search the Mac OS X Reference Library, it does not get the same treatment > that the cocoa api gets. You'd have to ask Apple Developer Relations about that. I'm just a grunt engineer. :) -eric _______________________________________________ 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
