Hi Mike, Seconding Sherm and Joar, this will be the easiest way to get started. Down the line, if that doesn't work, have a look at Core Text.
Also, I have been developing an application for drawing with text. I draw a few hundred individual letters at a time, then commit them to a graphics context so that the next time the whole view is drawn, one context is drawn rather than 1 context + n letters. T On 2010-12-21, at 12:04 AM, Sherm Pendley wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Joar Wingfors <j...@joar.com> wrote: >> >> On 20 dec 2010, at 01.22, Mark Coniglio wrote: >> >>> My application needs to draw hundreds of short text strings into an NSView. >>> After reviewing the Cocoa documentation on drawing text, I am left unsure >>> as to how to do this with the highest level of efficiency. >> >> Don't optimize in the dark! Implement something in the most straight forward >> way you can imagine, and then measure the performance. If you find that it >> doesn't perform well enough, use your measurements to guide you to a better >> implementation. I don't think that we have enough information yet to provide >> really good suggestions. > > Seconded. The NSString "convenience" methods are the easiest, most > straightforward way, so I'd try those first. If and only if they > didn't perform well enough, then I'd start looking for a > better-performing alternative. > > sherm-- > > -- > Cocoa programming in Perl: > http://camelbones.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > > 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/travis%40postfl.com > > This email sent to tra...@postfl.com _______________________________________________ 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
