On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote: > 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. > ... > Unfortunately they make reference to a non-existent example project called > SimpleTextInput which, as has been pointed out here before, doesn't exist. > ... > 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.
The protocol, plus NSAttributedString, plus Core Text (plus some thought!) is definitely enough to roll your own multi-font text editor, with attachments even. That's what we did for the iPad version of NoteBook. Best, __jayson Circus Ponies NoteBook for iPad The Best App for Taking Notes on iPad www.circusponies.com/iPad _______________________________________________ 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
