Re: Transparent colors

Mm, okay, but I don't want people to get it in their heads that something's wrong with these functions. I'm pretty sure if you were to investigate you'd find that it was something else. I just ran a test suite and verified that NSRectFill and related functions are not munging the compositing mode

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Thanks very much Ken, that worked exactly as advertised! ..Mark.. On 28-Jul-08, at 10:09 PM, Ken Ferry wrote: Oops, better link: Ken Ferry Cocoa Frameworks On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Ken Ferry <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Pre-requisites for automatic image highlighting in NSButton?

Oops, better link: Ken Ferry Cocoa Frameworks On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Ken Ferry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > You haven't mentioned anything about the isTeplate property yet, so > maybe you aren't a

Re: Pre-requisites for automatic image highlighting in NSButton?

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Re: Transparent colors

> Don't think so.. NSRectFill does and always has filled in copy mode. Er, to be clear though, unless you have layer backed views on, every view draws into the same flat buffer of color. So if you do this: [[NSColor clearColor] set]; NSRectFill(rect); then you are clearing out all the color in

Re: Transparent colors

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 29 Jul 2008, at 12:31 pm, Dale Miller wrote: > >> I cannot get transparent colors to work. I have tried two cases: >> 1) I have a view which returns YES to "isTransparent". The log shows the >> method has been called and

Re: Transparent colors

Hi, Dale, Have you considered [NSBezierPath fillRect:]? Cheers, Andrew On Jul 28, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Dale Miller wrote: I cannot get transparent colors to work. I have tried two cases: 1) I have a view which returns YES to "isTransparent". The log shows the method has been called and

Re: Transparent colors

On 29 Jul 2008, at 12:31 pm, Dale Miller wrote: I cannot get transparent colors to work. I have tried two cases: 1) I have a view which returns YES to "isTransparent". The log shows the method has been called and responded YES. If I do a NSRectFill after [[NSColor clearColor] set] the view

Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

Ken: This is incorrect. Notifications are typically synchronous. They do not rely on the run-loop for delivery. The code which posts a notification does not proceed until all observers have received the notification. I stand corrected: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa

Re: Distributed Objects "connection went invalid while waiting for a reply"

Hi Hamish, On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Hamish Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For anyone searching the archives for "connection went invalid while > waiting for a reply": > > I never found out why this message was appearing, but I found a workaround. > > Instead of calling [client callbac

Transparent colors

I cannot get transparent colors to work. I have tried two cases: 1) I have a view which returns YES to "isTransparent". The log shows the method has been called and responded YES. If I do a NSRectFill after [[NSColor clearColor] set] the view displays as black. 2) If i do a "drawInRect" with t

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote: Le 29 juil. 08 à 00:09, Charles Steinman a écrit : --- On Mon, 7/28/08, Carter R. Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually now that I'm looking at this more closely, NSDictionary is expecting an NSString for the key when inserting

Re: Setting conditional breakpoint on Cocoa method?

Hi Graham, On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once in a blue moon, I get a console message that a nil string was passed > to [NSConcreteAttributedString initWithString:] I'd like to find out where > this is coming from by setting a breakpoint there, but only

Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

On Jul 28, 2008, at 8:32 PM, I. Savant wrote: [Using notifications is] certainly a way to accomplish one-way messaging "whenever it gets there", but it's not always appropriate. Notifications do not occur within the same run loop, so this method wouldn't work if you needed to, say, tell ano

Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

No idea whether this is of use but an example of two logically unconnected controllers talking to each other via notifications can be found here. That's certainly a way to accomplish one-way messaging "whenever it gets there", but it's not always appropriate. Notifications do not occur

Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

On 28 Jul 2008, at 16:39, "Thomas Wickl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Subject: [Newbie] Communication between two Views? Can someone please give me an example? No idea whether this is of use but an example of two logically unconnected controllers talking to each other via notifications can be

Re: What is the maximum NSURL length?

Philip Dow wrote: Hello, quick question. What is the maximum length of an utf-8 string that NSURL can handle when using +[NSURL urlWithString:]. I understand that Safari can deal with tens of thousands of characters in the url field. Would somebody be able to offer a more specific number? Shou

Re: sorting two arrays

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, OK, didn't quite grok that. If they are related, could object A have a > reference to object B? If so, just sorting one array then gives you the > other objects sorted in the same order without having to sort array B (or >

Re: sorting two arrays

Ah, OK, didn't quite grok that. If they are related, could object A have a reference to object B? If so, just sorting one array then gives you the other objects sorted in the same order without having to sort array B (or even have one). Graham On 29 Jul 2008, at 11:08 am, Randall Meadows

Re: sorting two arrays

On Jul 28, 2008, at 6:58 PM, Graham Cox wrote: This has a bit of a whiff about it. Two arrays of the same objects is not unusual, but forcing them always into the same order is - surely that's just a data duplication? If the arrays are meant to be identical, why not just use one array? What

Re: sorting two arrays

Jeff, This has a bit of a whiff about it. Two arrays of the same objects is not unusual, but forcing them always into the same order is - surely that's just a data duplication? If the arrays are meant to be identical, why not just use one array? What is different? If array B contains arra

Re: Setting conditional breakpoint on Cocoa method? [SOLVED]

Thanks Ken and Jonathan - with your help I got the debugger to reveal the source of the bug and fixed it. (And learned a useful new weapon in the process). cheers, Graham On 29 Jul 2008, at 9:38 am, Ken Thomases wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Graham Cox wrote: One thing that I'm a b

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Re: sorting two arrays

The most logical is to make a class that has - as properties - the two pieces of data being sorted, then put these in an NSArray (or NSMutableArray as appropriate to your situation), and then sort that instead. Not only will it sort both pieces of data together, but it's a lot easier to e

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Re: Setting conditional breakpoint on Cocoa method?

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Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

On Jul 28, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Hamish Allan wrote: I agree, so I'm not sure why you're using this as a counter-example to what I said! I'm confused. The OP said, "... I really don´t understnd how the controllers of different Views communicate with each other." To which you replied, "Thr

Re: Repositioning a content view w/in a window

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Re: Repositioning a content view w/in a window

On Jul 26, 2008, at 3:15 AM, Michael Ash wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Henry McGilton (Starbase) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jul 25, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Michael Ash wrote: In fact I would go so far as to say that if you ever use -setContentView:, you are very probably doing it wro

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

Le 29 juil. 08 à 00:09, Charles Steinman a écrit : --- On Mon, 7/28/08, Carter R. Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually now that I'm looking at this more closely, NSDictionary is expecting an NSString for the key when inserting a value. Your example uses an NSValue for the key - the

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Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:12 PM, I. Savant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Hamish Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Wickl thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I know how MVC works with one Model, one View and >>> one Controller

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

--- On Mon, 7/28/08, Carter R. Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually now that I'm looking at this more closely, > NSDictionary is > expecting an NSString for the key when inserting a value. > Your > example uses an NSValue for the key - the compiler is > throwing a > warning for th

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Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jonathan Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:44 AM, I. Savant wrote: > If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? >>> >>> I'm racking my brains try

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Carter R. Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually now that I'm looking at this more closely, NSDictionary is > expecting an NSString for the key when inserting a value. Your example uses > an NSValue for the key - the compiler is throwing a warning for thi

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:24 PM, David Wilson wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Carter R. Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Everybody, If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? Right now I'm doing

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Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Andy Lee wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Jonathan Hess wrote: A good reason would be that you care about identity equality and not value equality. You care that the key is the exact same instance, not that it is an equivalent instance. (== vs isEqual:) Ah, g

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Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Quincey Morris wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 12:34, Andy Lee wrote: Count me as another mystified person -- can you say what you're trying to do? I'm thinking maybe some kind of serialization or maybe object caching, but nothing makes sense. It sounds like what y

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Charles Srstka wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Hess wrote: A good reason would be that you care about identity equality and not value equality. You care that the key is the exact same instance, not that it is an equivalent instance. (== vs isEqual:)

Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Wickl thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know how MVC works with one Model, one View and > one Controller but I really don´t understnd how the controllers of different > Views communicate with each other. Through the model. The controllers of different views do

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Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Carter R. Harrison wrote: The issue was with the format string.. Instead of a %x, I needed a %qx. The %qx displays a 64 bit address whereas the %x displays a 32 bit address. When you give %x, only the least significant 32 bits are printed and those happen to

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 12:34, Andy Lee wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Dave Carrigan wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Carter R. Harrison wrote: If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? I'm racking

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Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Jonathan Hess wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:44 AM, I. Savant wrote: If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? I'm racking my brains trying to think of a good reason to do this

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Hess wrote: A good reason would be that you care about identity equality and not value equality. You care that the key is the exact same instance, not that it is an equivalent instance. (== vs isEqual:) Another reason would be that the keys might not im

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Dave Carrigan wrote: On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Carter R. Harrison wrote: If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? I'm racking my brains trying to think of a good reason to

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:24 PM, David Wilson wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Carter R. Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Everybody, If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? Right now I'm doing

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:44 AM, I. Savant wrote: If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? I'm racking my brains trying to think of a good reason to do this and am drawing a blank. I can, however, think

Re: Event-Driven XML Parsing and Entity References

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Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:13, Carter R. Harrison wrote: If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? The usual way would be to use the result of +[NSValue valueWithNonretainedObject:] as a dictionary key. __

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Carter R. Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the > object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? > > Right now I'm doing this: > > int i; > for (i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i+

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Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

>> I know how MVC works with one Model, one View and >> one Controller but I really don´t understnd how the controllers of different >> Views communicate with each other. > > Through the model. The controllers of different views do not generally > communicate directly. That's a pretty general

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Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

>> If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the >> object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? > > I'm racking my brains trying to think of a good reason to do this and am > drawing a blank. I can, however, think of myriad bad reasons. Agreed - I can't hel

Re: Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Carter R. Harrison wrote: If I wanted to store an object in a dictionary and set its key as the object's memory address - how would I go about doing this? I'm racking my brains trying to think of a good reason to do this and am drawing a blank. I can, however,

Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

> and thank you for your answer. Yes, the understanding of the MVC-Problem > seems to be my problem. I know how MVC works with one Model, one View and > one Controller but I really don´t understnd how the controllers of different > Views communicate with each other. And I really don´t find an Examp

Storing values in dictionary with their address as the key

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Re: [Newbie] Communication between two Views?

Hi, and thank you for your answer. Yes, the understanding of the MVC- Problem seems to be my problem. I know how MVC works with one Model, one View and one Controller but I really don´t understnd how the controllers of different Views communicate with each other. And I really don´t find an

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What you can do is use the NSWindow's nextEventMatchingMask: method to determine the next event, here you can check for events that should discontinue your current processing. So, say if u want to do some processing only while mouse down, and stop if there is a mouse up while you are doing it

Re: Access to events in tight loop?

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If I handle a mouse event and am processing it in a time consuming method which includes display, what's the cleanest way to peek at events during this time (to get updated mouse info,etc ) or to allow the run loop to continue enough to make another pass? Is there a clean way to allow the main

Re: NSTextView + other NSView in NSScrollView?

I don't know offhand. A quick search on CocoaBuilder for "NSTextView flipped" turns up this suggestion to flip the superview: But I haven't read it closely. --Andy On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Jacob Bandes-Storch wrote:

Re: memory management

> Follow convention. No matter how well-documented it is, your successor > will be much happier if it it's consistent with all other classes Also, a year from now, you will presumably be *much* more accustomed to the conventions, to the point that they're reflexive. You don't want old classes trip

Text Editor

Hi, I'm new to cocoa. I'm developing an application that converts the text into HTML and vice versa. I can convert text into HTML format but, I didn't get the code to convert an HTML contents into text format. How can I do this ? ___ Cocoa-dev mailing li

[Newbie] Communication between two Views?

Hello, I have a question regarding to communication between two Views. My tableview creates a view in which the user can enter a text. How do I get the text from the View to my tableview? The View is created in the following was in my tableview: - (IBAction)addAction:(id)sender{ if (ncvCo

Re: Folder sharing attributes

Thanks for the info. I tried this code section but it doesn't work. The result of sharingFlags is always 0. Is there another way with DirServices to request the sharing attribute about a folder if this in not working under Leopard? Peter FSRef fileRef; NSString *filePath = @"/Users/Test/M

Re: draw string with ellipsis

This one aligns string horizontally, I need vertical alignment. Well, OK, will measure it's height and center it myself. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Uli Kusterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 28.07.2008, at 08:23, Vitaly Ovchinnikov wrote: > >> Thanks, exactly what I need. >> Btw, is ther

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