On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Jonathan Taylor <j.m.tay...@durham.ac.uk>wrote:
> Belated thanks for the various replies to my question. I'm working through > the posted code and links now and looking at what I can learn from it. One > query though: > > On 12 Oct 2011, at 16:42, Heinrich Giesen wrote: > > Another rule of thumb is: if you need -[NSImage TIFFRepresentation] you > do something wrong. > > (There are of course counterexamples). > > I've heard this said before, and have mostly eliminated it from my code. > However the cocoadev page on NSBitmapImageRep does specifically say "A > correct use of TIFFRepresentation is one that sends the resulting data > outside of the process. For example, write to disk, write to pasteboard, > write to network". So is there a particular reason why there is a problem > with my line: > [[destImage TIFFRepresentation] writeToFile:destFile atomically:NO]; > No, that's a fine use of TIFFRepresentation. NSBitmapImageRep also responds to -TIFFRepresentation, which will likely be more convenient if you've switched to drawing in an NSBitmapImageRep. -Ken > > Thanks > Jonny_______________________________________________ > > 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/kenferry%40gmail.com > > This email sent to kenfe...@gmail.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
