On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:05:38 +1100, BareFeetWare <list.develo...@barefeetware.com> said: > 1. Apple Mail. If you reply to a messages containing multi-colored text, you > can edit that text. > > So my question is, how do they do it?
Okay, I see now that there's a UITextInput protocol allowing you to design your own widgets that interact with the text input system. So in theory you could do that, and draw with Core Text. Indeed, the docs suggest that you would do exactly that. http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/StringsTextFonts/Conceptual/TextAndWebiPhoneOS/CustomTextProcessing/CustomTextProcessing.html Unfortunately they make reference to a non-existent example project called SimpleTextInput which, as has been pointed out here before, doesn't exist. http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/294182-where-is-simpletextinput-sample-code-project.html This sort of thing makes me wonder whether the protocol is somehow insufficient to work as advertised. Otherwise, why would Apple withdraw the only example illustrating it? And why wouldn't they talk about it at WWDC? Still, this is clearly the direction to go. m. -- matt neuburg, phd = m...@tidbits.com, <http://www.apeth.net/matt/> A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool! AppleScript: the Definitive Guide - Second Edition! http://www.apeth.net/matt/default.html#applescriptthings_______________________________________________ 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
