Re: A documetation suggestion (was Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem)

On May 23, 2008, at 2:23 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: 1. For me the documentation would be very hard to use without the excellent AppKiDo. 2. It really should be Apple's job to provide something like AppKiDo. There is new browsing facilities in Xcode 3.0. Research Assistant, and the

Re: DirWatch

On 23.5.2008, at 6:42, Ken Thomases wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 10:56 PM, Ken Thomases wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Lorenzo wrote: I can't. Think about the FNSubscribe tells me that there is something new because the user copied 2 new files into that folder, but only one file is t

Re: A documetation suggestion (was Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem)

On 23 May 2008, at 01:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Jonathan Hendry wrote: Perhaps a better way of doing this would be a web or WebKit app with two panes. One that shows the Apple docs at Apple's site, and the other pane points to a page at a non-Apple wiki site t

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

There is also http://codebeach.org/ On May 22, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: There are quite a lot of open source Cocoa components these days — everything from small utility classes, to new controls, to entire frameworks — but no easy way to find them all. I keep running into variou

D.O. [NSPortCoder sendBeforeTime:sendReplyPort:] timed out

I have a Cocoa DO server and a client that connects to it. When the client orderly exits with [server removeMessageClient:self] the client can reconnect and everything just works. But if the client crashes and then tries to reconnect to the server, the server somehow refuses the request:

Re: removeFromSuperview, _registerDragTypesLater, and clean exits

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Geoff Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like this nib to unload cleanly, because that means that I can look > in ObjectAlloc and see that all of the NSWindows and NSViews got dealloc'd > and feel confident that all of my nib unloading logic is correct. An

Re: DirWatch

On May 22, 2008, at 10:56 PM, Ken Thomases wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Lorenzo wrote: I can't. Think about the FNSubscribe tells me that there is something new because the user copied 2 new files into that folder, but only one file is totally copied, the other one is still in copyi

Re: NSTExtView

> > On 22 May '08, at 8:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> [str initWithString:[self messageField]]; > > Well, that's the problem. You initialized the attributed string from a > plain string, which means it gets no formatting. > > If your text is in an NSTextField, call -attributedStringValue on

Re: NSControllers, NSLocks, NSThread, Setters and Getters

On May 22, 2008, at 10:56 PM, Todd Heberlein wrote: I want to have a controller observe an object's variables accessed through accessor methods, but I also want to set the value for those variables via a separate NSThread. Furthermore, I want to protect those variables via locks. KVO chan

Re: Understanding error and warning messages

On 22 May '08, at 8:52 PM, Lynn Barton wrote: Being new to Cocoa and Xcode, I get a lot of error and warning messages. Is there a document that explains them in some detail? Xcode uses the standard Unix C/C++/ObjC compiler, GCC. I haven't seen a listing of all the error messages and warni

NSControllers, NSLocks, NSThread, Setters and Getters

Hopefully this isn't already well discussed... Or if it is, someone can point me to the appropriate discussion or docs. I want to have a controller observe an object's variables accessed through accessor methods, but I also want to set the value for those variables via a separate NSThread.

Re: DirWatch

On May 22, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Lorenzo wrote: I can't. Think about the FNSubscribe tells me that there is something new because the user copied 2 new files into that folder, but only one file is totally copied, the other one is still in copying. So now I scan the folder with directoryCont

Understanding error and warning messages

Being new to Cocoa and Xcode, I get a lot of error and warning messages. Is there a document that explains them in some detail? ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. C

OpenGL ES on Mac

Has a version of the OpenGL ES spec been ported to the Mac? Either the 1.1 or 2.0 version of the Graphic API? Thanks, Steve ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.

Properties & GC (was Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem)

On May 22, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Graham Cox wrote: On 23 May 2008, at 3:20 am, Andy Lee wrote: That may be, but that is different from demanding that Apple "lower the barriers" by changing Cocoa itself to resemble those platforms. I think many of the additions in Object-C 2.0 and the addition of

SOLVED: Can't get file type code using [fileAttr valueForKey:NSFileHFSTypeCode]

Thanks, Quincy Morris, for pointing out that I needed to get the value of the NSNumber returned by the objectForKey method. It all works now, except that I will use unsignedLongValue, not intValue. Lynn Barton ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.

Re: Setting iTunes album art with ScriptingBridge

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Daniel Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However after reading this thead, it seems that it isn't really feasable (if > someone has managed to do it correctly - then that would be great!) So, it > looks like I've got to use AppleScript... which I've never really

Re: CocoaDev spamming me?

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Duncan Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Guys - very off-topic, but is there a reason CocoaDev has gone from > 1(ish) per day to every-40-minutes-or-so? Cocoa-Dev has always been pretty high volume.. Did you change your settings away from digest mode, or

Re: NSBrower selectedCells lies

Check whether anything in your delegate is throwing an exception (NSAssert can throw an exception btw). That might be interrupting the update loop. hth, G. On 23 May 2008, at 10:44 am, Martin Redington wrote: I've made some progress in hunting this down, although it seems a little weird

CocoaDev spamming me?

Hey Guys - very off-topic, but is there a reason CocoaDev has gone from 1(ish) per day to every-40-minutes-or-so? or is it just me...? --- Duncan Campbell http://objective-d.com ___ Cocoa-

Re: DirWatch

On 22 May '08, at 4:33 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote: Don't do that. The solution for this problem has been built into the system since Mac OS 10.2 or .3, as noted by Robert: UKQueue by Uli We're going in circles now. Lorenzo already said in his

Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem

I do fear this, slightly. The problem with it is that is makes the *platform* look bad, which could hurt us by association. Human nature being what it is, if an app crashes on a Mac (given the Mac's history and perception by the general public) the user won't say "oh, what a crappy app with

Re: Application rights.

You should check out the Sparkle.framework (http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/). This is a simple to use framework that makes adding automatic update support as easy as possible. It also handles the specific case of getting authorization to replace the application. -- Mark Munz unmarked software h

Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem

On 23 May 2008, at 3:20 am, Andy Lee wrote: That may be, but that is different from demanding that Apple "lower the barriers" by changing Cocoa itself to resemble those platforms. I think many of the additions in Object-C 2.0 and the addition of garbage collection is *precisely* a case of

Re: NSTextField does not lose focus

On May 22, 2008, at 5:53 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 11:15, Torsten Curdt wrote: I've got a NSTextField (on a NSTabView). I open the window. I click the text field and enter some text. Now I click on a button next to it. The value has still not been "committed" and it st

Re: docset for 10.4?

On May 21, 2008, at 6:59 PM, Torsten Curdt wrote: Anyone know where to get the documentation docset for 10.4? You can install Xcode 2.5 on Leopard without interfering with your Xcode 3.0 installation. That comes with the 10.4 documentation, although not in the same format as the Xcode 3.x

Re: Incorporating a scanned form into a user interface

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Hernandez & Associates, Inc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Creating program for office administration use, I would like to use an > employee information (paper) fill in the blank form consisting of six (6) > pages, text fields, numerical fields and check boxes as the

Re: removeFromSuperview, _registerDragTypesLater, and clean exits

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Geoff Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any suggestions? Don't worry about it... the executable is terminating, its memory space is going away. If you want to worry about it consider returning NSTerminateLater from applicationShouldTerminate: then do your clea

Incorporating a scanned form into a user interface

Goal Creating program for office administration use, I would like to use an employee information (paper) fill in the blank form consisting of six (6) pages, text fields, numerical fields and check boxes as the user interface so that the office administrator will be familiar with the layout and

Re: Can't get file type code using [fileAttr valueForKey:NSFileHFSTypeCode]

On May 22, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Quincey Morris wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 16:37, Lynn Barton wrote: I can't get the OSType code with the key NSFileHFSTypeCode. Each time I try to access this data I get a different result Is it perhaps something to do with the fact that [fileAttributes ob

Re: NSBrower selectedCells lies

I've made some progress in hunting this down, although it seems a little weird. Basically, in an NSBrowser, if you have a column with, for example, three items, and you click on another, - (void)drawInteriorWithFrame:(NSRect)cellFrame inView:(NSView *)controlView gets called a few times for each

removeFromSuperview, _registerDragTypesLater, and clean exits

Summary: A surprising property of removeFromSuperview prevents my application from fully freeing a nib. Any suggestions? -- I wanted to be sure my nibs were getting unloaded correctly, so I turned to ObjectAlloc. I found that one of my nib-loaded NSWindows and all of its views, table colum

autoresizing window and scroll bars

Hello, I have a table view nested in a window. I resize the window with animation, and when resizing I hide the scroll bars. The problem is that they don't seem to reappear on finish. My code is as follows: NSScrollView * scrollView = [fTableView enclosingScrollView]; [scrollView setHasVer

Re: Can't get file type code using [fileAttr valueForKey:NSFileHFSTypeCode]

On May 22, 2008, at 16:37, Lynn Barton wrote: I can't get the OSType code with the key NSFileHFSTypeCode. Each time I try to access this data I get a different result Is it perhaps something to do with the fact that [fileAttributes objectForKey: NSFileHFSTypeCode] is documented to be a

Re: updated post

It's good that you posted a more specific description. In the future, though, choose a specific subject for your post so people can identify the topic. There are thousands of list members and *a lot* of traffic. Most people don't know what your "updated post" is an update to ... ;-)

Re: What is an id?

On May 22, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: It's also a classic seafood restaurant in Seattle: Ivar's Acres Of Clams. How geeky are we that we *both* apparently googled "ivar" to see how common it was as a name. ;-) -- I.S.

Re: DirWatch

I can't. Think about the FNSubscribe tells me that there is something new because the user copied 2 new files into that folder, but only one file is totally copied, the other one is still in copying. So now I scan the folder with directoryContentsAtPath I compare with the previous list and I kn

Re: Can't get file type code using [fileAttr valueForKey:NSFileHFSTypeCode]

The replies to my original question are appreciated, but they do not answer the question. Once my NSFileManager object has found a file of interest, why can I get the modification date with the key NSFileModificationDate (using objectForKey or valueForKey doesn't matter) but I can't get the OSType

Re: DirWatch

On 22 May '08, at 3:32 PM, Lorenzo wrote: Here I get the notification only "after" a file has been totally copied into the folder, but I can't yet find the way to know which file has been copied. Do you know how to get that info? Thanks. Just remember the previous list of files as an NSSe

Re: DirWatch

On 2008 May, 22, at 15:45, Robert Cerny wrote: On 23.5.2008, at 0:32, Lorenzo wrote: I need to watch at a given folder and check whenever a new file has been copied therein. At the beginning, I fired a timer periodically getting the list of the contents of that folder with directoryCon

updated post

Goal Creating program for office administration use, I would like to use an employee information (paper) fill in the blank form consisting of six (6) pages, text fields, numerical fields and check boxes as the user interface so that the office administrator will be familiar with the layout and

Re: NSMailDelivery deliverMessage Deprecated

On May 22, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Lorenzo wrote: Hi,I have just seen that the API [NSMailDelivery deliverMessage:... As been deprecated in Leopard. Is anyone know about a replacement? As has been mentioned, this framework is deprecated. I'd suggest using the Scripting Bridge instead if you

Re: What is an id?

On 22 May '08, at 11:03 AM, Dave DeLong wrote: For future reference, "ivar" (beyond being my middle name) is short for "Instance Variable". It's also a classic seafood restaurant in Seattle: Ivar's Acres Of Clams. Would be a great site f

Re: NSMailDelivery deliverMessage Deprecated

On May 23, 2008, at 01:15, Lorenzo wrote: Hi,I have just seen that the API [NSMailDelivery deliverMessage:... As been deprecated in Leopard. Is anyone know about a replacement? I know that I can still use it, but you know, just in case... This is becoming a FAQ ...if we now had the possi

NSMailDelivery deliverMessage Deprecated

Hi,I have just seen that the API [NSMailDelivery deliverMessage:... As been deprecated in Leopard. Is anyone know about a replacement? I know that I can still use it, but you know, just in case... Best Regards -- Lorenzo email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: DirWatch

On 23.5.2008, at 0:32, Lorenzo wrote: Hi, I need to watch at a given folder and check whenever a new file has been copied therein. At the beginning, I fired a timer periodically getting the list of the contents of that folder with directoryContentsAtPath But soon I discovered that the

Re: What is an id?

On May 22, 2008, at 1:05 PM, john darnell wrote: Okay, this is a really basic question, but I need some help figuring out what the code wants. From the Obj-C Programming Language Guide http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/Articles/chapter_950_section_3.html#

Re: CoreData Statement Still Active (CoreData Multithreading)

Those libraries don't work with 10.5.2 at the current patch level. Installer throws "93C1 Required: The Debug and Profile Libraries for Mac OS X 10.5 requires the specified build. Please check your build number in About This Mac." rdar://5904950 Hal __

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

May 22, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: There are quite a lot of open source Cocoa components these days — everything from small utility classes, to new controls, to entire frameworks — but no easy way to find them all. I keep running into various people's websites that list a handful

Re: A documetation suggestion (was Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem)

On May 22, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Scott Anguish wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Jonathan Hendry wrote: Perhaps a better way of doing this would be a web or WebKit app with two panes. One that shows the Apple docs at Apple's site, and the other pane points to a page at a non-Apple wiki site t

DirWatch

Hi, I need to watch at a given folder and check whenever a new file has been copied therein. At the beginning, I fired a timer periodically getting the list of the contents of that folder with directoryContentsAtPath But soon I discovered that the list includes files still in copying (not yet

Re: A documetation suggestion (was Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem)

On May 22, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Jonathan Hendry wrote: Perhaps a better way of doing this would be a web or WebKit app with two panes. One that shows the Apple docs at Apple's site, and the other pane points to a page at a non-Apple wiki site that corresponds to the currently displayed Apple

Re: NSString vs NSPathStore2

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Sherm Pendley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> I am then trying to populate an NSTableView with a filename obtained from a >> NSOpenPanel. The problem is that NSOpenPanel seems to return a NSPathStore2

Re: A documetation suggestion (was Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem)

On May 22, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Julius Guzy wrote: On 22 May 2008, at 4:55, David Casseres wrote: That's a really good idea, your wiki-that's-more-than-a-wiki. You're in charge! 8^{) Ha Ha But just as a matter of interest, how would one set about talking to apple about such a thing? I wo

Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem

On May 22, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Robert Cerny wrote: Well, I just made new bugreport #5955452 to enhance docs sets with more sample code inside of method descriptions. I took NSEnumerator's nextObject method as a sample how to do it the right way..

Re: Trying to understand -- please help...

On May 22, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Johnny Lundy wrote: My point in using that class reference was simply to show how someone could follow the "manual" and still have his code not work. Actually, the "introductory documentation" never actually says that the convenience constructors always return au

Re: Trying to understand -- please help...

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Johnny Lundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My point in using that class reference was simply to show how someone could > follow the "manual" and still have his code not work. And everyone else's point is that someone who goes straight to the class reference is ski

Re: Trying to understand -- please help...

On May 22, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Johnny Lundy wrote: My point in using that class reference was simply to show how someone could follow the "manual" and still have his code not work. Actually, the "introductory documentation" never actually says that the convenience constructors always return

Gaussian blur with core image, using CPU or GPU?

Hi everyone, I'm trying to write a bilateral filter using Core Image with the specific goal of having it preform the filter on the GPU for high performance as this will be for large 4d data sets. I started out by reading the Core Image Programming Guide and came to the "Writing Nonexecutable Filt

Re: fundamental question: how do I call controller methods from other classes?

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Matthew Youney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What am I missing? Adam Leonard's reply is an excellent description of the concepts you need to understand first and foremost. But if I understand your purposes correctly from your classnames, once you have a better gras

Re: PMSessionEndDocumentNoDialog error code -43

Thanks! ...not that I understand why this happens on the new seed - but thanks for the pointer! Really helpful! cheers -- Torsten On May 22, 2008, at 17:24, Jens Alfke wrote: On 22 May '08, at 7:15 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote: Anyone an idea what error code -43 could be? fnfErr (file not fo

Re: fundamental question: how do I call controller methods from other classes?

I've no idea what books you've been reading or what questions you've been asking, but MVC as it applies to Cocoa is pretty well described on this page: < http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/CocoaDesignPatterns/chapter_5_section_4.html > Which, of course

Re: Trying to understand -- please help...

My point in using that class reference was simply to show how someone could follow the "manual" and still have his code not work. Actually, the "introductory documentation" never actually says that the convenience constructors always return autoreleased objects -- it just says that they "in

Re: Core-Data Multithreading question about save

At 3:55 AM -0700 5/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Il giorno 22/mag/08, alle ore 01:00, Hamish Allan ha scritto: Do you really need to do this after every object inserted? Could you do it in bulk? Not necessarily. I've tried to do this sequence: - my second thread add objects into second co

RE: fundamental question: how do I call controller methods from other classes?

A! This is quite interesting. Have I been reading the wrong books, asking the wrong questions or both? This can be quite a powerfull tool! Again, thanks, Matt On 21 May '08, at 8:15 PM, Matthew Youney wrote: > I just have no mechanism of sending messages > to my "controller" class f

Re: NSConnection does not close ports

On 22 May 2008, at 15:37, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: I have a server, which does create an NSConnection on some NSSocketPort and publishes this fact via Bonjour. A client opens a connection, sends some messages via Distributed Objects,

RE: fundamental question: how do I call controller methods from other classes?

Hal, The controller instance is created by the IB. All I wanted to do is to be able to call accessor methods on the controller (from other classes) to manipulate the GUI (encapsulate the GUI stuff). I thought that this would be a normal thing to do, but I guess not. I kinda think wiring sockets a

Re: NSString vs NSPathStore2

I am then trying to populate an NSTableView with a filename obtained from a NSOpenPanel. The problem is that NSOpenPanel seems to return a NSPathStore2 and not an NSString, which seems to be causing problems. Is there are a way to convert NSPathStore2 to an NSString? NSPathStore2s are NSSt

re: CoreData Statement Still Active (CoreData Multithreading)

Dex, This error message is pretty much always a multi-threading bug. -tryLock before a fetch request is not one of the recommended patterns. Consider reviewing the Core Data Programming Guide's multithreading section. You should try the Debug Libraries from ADC. These allow you to enable

Re: Can't get file type code using [fileAttr valueForKey:NSFileHFSTypeCode]

On 5/21/08 10:35 PM, Jens Alfke said: >In general you're better off checking the filename extension. (I know. >I used to be rabidly in favor of HFS types over extensions, but I gave >up that fight years ago...) In general you're better off checking the UTI.

Re: PDFPage Creation query

On May 22, 2008, at 1:20 AM, Amrit Majumdar wrote: I was planning to create a new PDFDocument, with my own PDF Page that I generate after subclassing PDFPage Accordingly I subclassed PDFPage and have over-riden the following menthods. - (id)initWithImage:(NSImage *)image; Antonio is correc

Re: Trying to understand -- please help...

If you've got complaints or suggestions for Documentation, then go to http://bugreport.apple.com/ and file a bug. Apple seems intent on working with these kinds of suggestions, esp. if they help newcomers transition to the platform. Sincerely, Joe K. ___

Re: Trying to understand -- please help...

On May 22, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Greg Titus wrote: On May 21, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Johnny Lundy wrote: This is just one example of that "little tidbit" that is always left out of these references by Apple. It seems to be the <.O. for some reason. The "tidbit" isn't some extraneous bell or whistl

Re: post message to all the list members (cocoa-dev)

>> Use Adobe Acrobat Professional to create a form PDF ... that's a >> pretty familiar 'paper-like' interface, after all. > > There are several much more affordable solutions available that will fill > that job just as nicely, if not nicer, and more Mac style too. I believe you've just reinforc

Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Andy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. I agree there is a sort of psychological > hurdle that has to be overcome: one has to accept that Cocoa will require > learning a lot of fundamentals, and learning to think differently about some

Re: post message to all the list members (cocoa-dev)

On May 22, 2008, at 10:04 PM, I. Savant wrote: Use Adobe Acrobat Professional to create a form PDF ... that's a pretty familiar 'paper-like' interface, after all. There are several much more affordable solutions available that will fill that job just as nicely, if not nicer, and more Mac st

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

I think a CPAN like environment for objc/cocoa is a good idea. I'd like to help in any way possible to make this possible. RIght now Im using google code and sourceforge to host my apps/frameworks. - Sandeep On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Sherm Pendley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 2

Re: Multi-storage Core Data

At 9:54 AM -0700 5/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A MOC is associated with a persistent store coordinator. A PSC can have multiple stores associated with it. What you do not get for free is cross-store relationships. Which is how I understood it, and I'm willing to write some glue here.

Re: Trying to understand -- please help...

On May 22, 2008, at 12:25 PM, glenn andreas wrote: On May 22, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Greg Titus wrote: A lot of people have already mentioned that the memory management semantics for these methods are the same everywhere and are described in the conceptual documentation. I'd like to answer the

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Jens Alfke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are quite a lot of open source Cocoa components these days — > everything from small utility classes, to new controls, to entire frameworks > — but no easy way to find them all. I keep running into various people's > w

Re: post message to all the list members (cocoa-dev)

> I want to use a (paper) fill in the blank form consisting of six (6) pages > as the user interface so that the user will be familiar with the layout and > information required, allowing the user to fill in each field, like he/she > would if they were filling out the paper form and being able to s

post message to all the list members (cocoa-dev)

I want to use a (paper) fill in the blank form consisting of six (6) pages as the user interface so that the user will be familiar with the layout and information required, allowing the user to fill in each field, like he/she would if they were filling out the paper form and being able to scroll

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

I'd be interested in something like this too. I run a set of servers and also have several racks available for colo and all that. I wouldn't mind running it for now on my Xeon XServes and if need be, we can get another server to run it. Already have PHP, MySQL, and so on running. Sure, I

Re: Application rights.

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Joseph Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also a question: does anyone know of a Cocoa/obj-C wrapper around auth-framework? It might be a useful sort of project/tool ;-) I don't know what is meant by "auth-framework", but... To clarify, I meant Security.fr

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

Jens Alfke wrote: Anyone interested? (Or know of an existing site that I've overlooked?) I don't guess we could convince Apple to open up Mac OS Forge? In addition to the other sites listed, Source Forge http://www.sourceforge.net/ has some Mac OS X related projects on it. I would certainl

Re: Application rights.

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Jerry Krinock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008 May, 22, at 9:46, Sherm Pendley wrote: > > Apple provides an Objective-C interface. It lacks an >> AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges() method, but I think that Apple >> omitted >> that deliberately. >> > > Yes,

Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem

On 22.05.2008, at 00:58, Rua Haszard Morris wrote: 1 Apple's docs, particularly in relation to Objective-C & Cocoa, have some room for improvement: - e.g. navigation (can't go back to list of methods after clicking a method name hyperlink for example) - lack of and generally un-useful sam

Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem

On May 22, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Hamish Allan wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Andy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think we have a disconnect as to what you meant by "lowering the barriers" -- hence my reference to that particular phrase. I'd like to point out that the "barrier" to whi

Re: NSString vs NSPathStore2

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am then trying to populate an NSTableView with a filename obtained from a > NSOpenPanel. The problem is that NSOpenPanel seems to return a NSPathStore2 > and not an NSString, which seems to be causing problems. How have you determ

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

Jens Alfke wrote: There are quite a lot of open source Cocoa components these days — everything from small utility classes, to new controls, to entire frameworks — but no easy way to find them all. I keep running into various people's websites that list a handful of components, some of them extr

Re: Application rights.

On 2008 May, 22, at 9:46, Sherm Pendley wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Joseph Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also a question: does anyone know of a Cocoa/obj-C wrapper around auth-framework? It might be a useful sort of project/tool ;-) I don't know what is meant by "auth-framew

Re: What is an id?

This is slightly off topic, but it took me forever to figure out what "ivar" meant, because that's my middle name and I don't pronounce it "eye-var", I pronounce it "ee-var", which borked up the meaning in my mind. For future reference, "ivar" (beyond being my middle name) is short for "Instance V

Re: What is an id?

> ...for a text column > that would be an NSString or NSAttributedString, Also, NSNumber or NSDate. -- Scott Ribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do no

Re: Newbie query re default buttons

Hi, could you send me your project off list? I will check it and let you know what's wrong. (If I find it of course) Robert On 22.5.2008, at 19:39, Michael McLaughlin wrote: Robert Cerny wrote: Just FYI, [myButton setKeyEquivalent:@"\r"]; is the correct way to set button to Default. A

Re: What is an id?

On May 22, 2008, at 10:05 AM, john darnell wrote: I tried to do a search in Cocoa Help on id and as you might imagine, I got lots and lots of hits, none of which looked anywhere near what I wanted for an explanation of what id is.

Re: NSString vs NSPathStore2

On May 22, 2008, at 10:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am then trying to populate an NSTableView with a filename obtained from a NSOpenPanel. The problem is that NSOpenPanel seems to return a NSPathStore2 and not an NSString, which seems to be causing problems. Is there are a way to conv

Re: NSString vs NSPathStore2

On May 22, 2008, at 10:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am then trying to populate an NSTableView with a filename obtained from a NSOpenPanel. The problem is that NSOpenPanel seems to return a NSPathStore2 and not an NSString, which seems to be causing problems. Is there are a way to c

Re: A directory site for open-source Cocoa components?

On May 22, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: There are quite a lot of open source Cocoa components these days — everything from small utility classes, to new controls, to entire frameworks — but no easy way to find them all. I keep running into various people's websites that list a hand

Re: Newbie query re default buttons

>Robert Cerny wrote: >Just FYI, >[myButton setKeyEquivalent:@"\r"]; is the correct way to set button to >Default. Are you sure that speakButton is not nil? The button is OK. I found that I could get the button to work by entering the Return key equivalent in IB, stubbing out awakeFromNib. Howev

NSString vs NSPathStore2

Hi, I am then trying to populate an NSTableView with a filename obtained from a NSOpenPanel. The problem is that NSOpenPanel seems to return a NSPathStore2 and not an NSString, which seems to be causing problems. Is there are a way to convert NSPathStore2 to an NSString? Thanks, Andrew _

  1   2   >