Re: NSWindow styleMask and full screen

2012-07-19 Thread Gideon King
It turns out that on 10.6+ at least, just setting the button cell to enabled does the trick: NSButton *button = [window standardWindowButton:NSWindowMiniaturizeButton]; NSButtonCell *buttonCell = [button cell]; [buttonCell setEnabled:YES]; Still, it's definitely an Apple bug, and I'l

Re: NSWindow styleMask and full screen

2012-07-19 Thread Lee Ann Rucker
It's an Apple bug - I meant to file it but apparently didn't; I should do that. It's nothing to do with the styleMask; sometimes the window sets the buttonCell's temporarilyDisabled flag and doesn't restore it. From a comment in my code: * temporarilyDisabled should only be YES when the menubar

NSWindow styleMask and full screen

2012-07-19 Thread Gideon King
I have an application where sometimes I need to go full screen. While in full screen mode, I need to change the presentation mode so that sometimes the menubar and toolbar are autohiding, and sometimes just not shown. Then when I exit full screen, I reset the values to what they were before I st

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Jerry Krinock
On 2012 Jul 19, at 11:32, Jens Alfke wrote: > every time you make a change, the entire file will have to be uploaded [by > Dropbox] (and downloaded on the other devices) so this doesn't scale well. I tested this about a year ago and found otherwise. Drag a large file into your Dropbox. Say t

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Roland King
You've found both the methods which apple makes available. If you don't want to use iCloud, or can't because it ties you to the MAS, then you're left with iTunes file sharing. It's not a lovely solution, it's ok for moving a file every once in a while or priming some data one-time, but more than

Trying to track down a core animation issue

2012-07-19 Thread Gideon King
Hi, I have a problem where it appears that a core animation task is being run on something created in a background thread, but the thread is being removed before the animation has finished. I have checked through my code and don't see anything that could be doing this explicitly, so am guessing

Re: GCD question

2012-07-19 Thread Rick C.
Thanks all for the replies! rc On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:41 PM, Fritz Anderson wrote: > On 19 Jul 2012, at 1:47 AM, Rick C. wrote: > >> If I use this to initiate a background "thread": >> >> >> dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(0, 0), ^{ >> >> // do some stuff >> >> [self runMyFunctio

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Michael Hall
On Jul 19, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Mark Munz wrote: >> iCloud? If these are your own application's files. Might be a possibility. >> Haven't tried it. > > According to Apple, apps have to be on the Mac App Store in order to > use iCloud APIs. > That makes it an automatic 2nd choice (over something li

Re: Changing size of view during NSPrintOperation?

2012-07-19 Thread Graham Cox
On 20/07/2012, at 12:06 AM, Ben Golding wrote: > In my app, I have a custom view which I'm printing. The NSPrintPanel has an > accessory panel attached with a couple of options on it that I'm observing > using the NSPrintPanelAccessorizing method > -keyPathsForValuesAffectingPreview. That wo

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Mark Munz
> iCloud? If these are your own application's files. Might be a possibility. > Haven't tried it. According to Apple, apps have to be on the Mac App Store in order to use iCloud APIs. That makes it an automatic 2nd choice (over something like Dropbox) for any dev that isn't going to be MAS-only.

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012, at 03:58 PM, Gavin Stokes wrote: > > > > But I am stumped as to how I might be able to more or less seamlessly > > handle syncing the file between the Mac and the iOS device. > > > This is perhaps the most glaring and insufferable omission in the SDK. I > urge you to file a

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Gavin Stokes
> > But I am stumped as to how I might be able to more or less seamlessly > handle syncing the file between the Mac and the iOS device. This is perhaps the most glaring and insufferable omission in the SDK. I urge you to file a bug report on this and tell Apple that you want to be able to sync d

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Michael Hall
On Jul 19, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Dennis wrote: > It looks like I need to explore using Dropbox. iCloud? If these are your own application's files. Might be a possibility. Haven't tried it. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Dennis
On Jul 19, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Jeffrey Oleander wrote: >> If by 'syncing' you mean 'copying'... >> If you really mean 'syncing' > > Or do you mean contention management as you'd > get with a massive data-base running on an NFS > cluster, so that what is really multiple files > on separate devices a

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Jeffrey Oleander
> From: Jens Alfke > Subject: Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS > To: "Dennis" > Cc: Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com > Date: Thursday, 2012 July 19, 13:32 >> On 2012 Jul 19, at 08:22, Dennis wrote: >> But I am stumped as to how I might be able to >> more or less seamlessly handle syncing the fil

Re: NSAutounbinder not releasing my object in a timely manner

2012-07-19 Thread Ken Thomases
On Jul 19, 2012, at 6:02 AM, Jonathan Taylor wrote: > - User requests batch processing of data within a folder tree, which will > result in between 0 and many separate movies being generated. > - Application allocates a "progress" tracker, subclassed from > NSWindowController, in control of a wi

Re: Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Marc Respass
> I have written a Mac app (with another, i.e. non-Cocoa, language), and now > that I'm developing iOS apps in Xcode, I'd like to create an iOS app that can > share its files. The file format is fairly straightforward SQLite, and I've > determined that I can work with it just fine with the FMDB

Re: NSTokenField: "value" binding hijacks down-arrow key [Punted]

2012-07-19 Thread Jerry Krinock
On 2012 Jul 18, at 09:12, Jerry Krinock wrote: > • "value" binding of an NSTokenField bound is bound via an object controller > to an array property of a model object. > • -tokenField:completionsForSubstring:indexOfToken:indexOfSelectedItem: is > implemented to show completions. > > The comp

Re: NSAutounbinder not releasing my object in a timely manner

2012-07-19 Thread Erik Stainsby
Jonathan, Could you not watch the serial queue you mentioned? When it is empty, release the progress window. - Erik Sent from my iPad On 2012-07-19, at 4:02 AM, Jonathan Taylor wrote: > this nasty NSAutounbinder thingy then jumps in and re-retains it in some > evil under-the-covers

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Jens Alfke
On Jul 19, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Dennis wrote: > But I am stumped as to how I might be able to more or less seamlessly handle > syncing the file between the Mac and the iOS device. Unfortunately iCloud is > not an option for me, and iTunes file sharing seems to be far from seamless. If by 'synci

Re: KVC generic enough?

2012-07-19 Thread Jens Alfke
On Jul 19, 2012, at 6:13 AM, William Squires wrote: > I'm wondering if there's some way to use introspection to figure out the > (primitive) type of a property, such as 'int', 'float', 'char', or 'BOOL' Sure — call the Obj-C runtime function property_getAttributes(). You'll first want to ca

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Dennis
On Jul 19, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Jerry Krinock wrote: > Dropbox :)) > > Seriously, Dropbox won't give you any crap. Read this, though, and then > research further to learn if the App Store rejection issue has been resolved… > > http://www.macrumors.com/2012/05/02/ios-apps-with-dropbox-integration-

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread davelist
On Jul 19, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote: > > On 2012 Jul 19, at 08:22, Dennis wrote: > >> Unfortunately iCloud is not an option for me > > Dropbox :)) > > Seriously, Dropbox won't give you any crap. Read this, though, and then > research further to learn if the App Store rejection

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Jerry Krinock
On 2012 Jul 19, at 08:22, Dennis wrote: > Unfortunately iCloud is not an option for me Dropbox :)) Seriously, Dropbox won't give you any crap. Read this, though, and then research further to learn if the App Store rejection issue has been resolved… http://www.macrumors.com/2012/05/02/ios-app

Re: Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Glenn L. Austin
On Jul 19, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Dennis wrote: > I have written a Mac app (with another, i.e. non-Cocoa, language), and now > that I'm developing iOS apps in Xcode, I'd like to create an iOS app that can > share its files. The file format is fairly straightforward SQLite, and I've > determined that

Re: NSSplitView question - how to implement my own "adjustViews" style method

2012-07-19 Thread Gary L. Wade
I don't know for sure, but you might be able to get around the 3rd party plug-in issue by using runtime attributes instead. -- Gary L. Wade (Sent from my iPad) http://www.garywade.com/ ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do

Re: GCD question

2012-07-19 Thread Fritz Anderson
On 19 Jul 2012, at 1:47 AM, Rick C. wrote: > If I use this to initiate a background "thread": > > > dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(0, 0), ^{ > > // do some stuff > > [self runMyFunction]; > > [self runAnotherFunction]; > > // do some more stuff > > }); > > > My question is with

Sharing a file between Mac and iOS

2012-07-19 Thread Dennis
I have written a Mac app (with another, i.e. non-Cocoa, language), and now that I'm developing iOS apps in Xcode, I'd like to create an iOS app that can share its files. The file format is fairly straightforward SQLite, and I've determined that I can work with it just fine with the FMDB classes.

Re: 10.7 Full-Screen transition animation corrupts my UI - how to avoid?

2012-07-19 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Jul 19, 2012, at 5:17 AM, Motti Shneor wrote: > Hi Steve > > How can a view disregard resizing request? It is simply resized Try -[ windowWillResize:toSize:]. --Kyle Sluder ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not

Re: NSSplitView question - how to implement my own "adjustViews" style method

2012-07-19 Thread Rainer Brockerhoff
On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:06 , cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com wrote: > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:42:07 +0300 > From: Motti Shneor > Message-ID: > > Thanks for the note. Indeed, RBSplitView is a complete, functional and > feature-loaded class, but it is also lagging behind current Cocoa > d

Re: Icon Overlay on Mac OSX

2012-07-19 Thread David Catmull
Uli Kusterer wrote: > In the old days, one could use Icon Services calls to change the icon used > for a particular file type, that might even save you the renaming, but Icon > Services is probably considered "old" API these days, and I'm not sure if > changes to icons in your app using Icon Se

Changing size of view during NSPrintOperation?

2012-07-19 Thread Ben Golding
In my app, I have a custom view which I'm printing. The NSPrintPanel has an accessory panel attached with a couple of options on it that I'm observing using the NSPrintPanelAccessorizing method -keyPathsForValuesAffectingPreview. That works fine. When the user changes some of the settings, t

Re: KVC generic enough?

2012-07-19 Thread Graham Cox
On 19/07/2012, at 11:13 PM, William Squires wrote: > Okay, I think there's a misunderstanding here. Sure. > In this case - as the writer of the game engine - I don't know (nor should I > care) what the interface to the model objects is - as long as the developer > of said model objects code

Re: NSArrayController not rearranging correctly

2012-07-19 Thread Markus Spoettl
On 7/19/12 8:40 AM, Quincey Morris wrote: 2. Use a brute force flag when setting the predicate, something like this: dontStartExpensiveUpdate = YES; [_arrayController setPredicate: …]; [_arrayController rearrangeObjects]; // at this point, the KVO notification has been sent up to twice, but igno

Re: KVC generic enough?

2012-07-19 Thread William Squires
Okay, I think there's a misunderstanding here. In this case - as the writer of the game engine - I don't know (nor should I care) what the interface to the model objects is - as long as the developer of said model objects codes the keys into my game engine, it should be able to manipulate the

Re: GCD question

2012-07-19 Thread Jonathan Taylor
> If I use this to initiate a background "thread": > > > dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(0, 0), ^{ > > // do some stuff > > [self runMyFunction]; > > [self runAnotherFunction]; > > // do some more stuff > > }); > > > My question is with my sample calling runMyFunction or runAnothe

Re: 10.7 Full-Screen transition animation corrupts my UI - how to avoid?

2012-07-19 Thread Motti Shneor
Hi Steve How can a view disregard resizing request? It is simply resized The window cannot reject its resizing. Or actually, it DOES reject, by stating its min-size to cocoa. The window IS RESIZED. The content view of a window has no way to prevent its resizing. It is by definition coverin

Re: NSAutounbinder not releasing my object in a timely manner

2012-07-19 Thread Jonathan Taylor
this nasty NSAutounbinder thingy then jumps in and re-retains it in some evil under-the-covers voodoo to do with avoiding retain cycles (as I understand it). Unfortunately the balancing autorelease only occurs 16 seconds later when I move the mouse! While not catastrophic thi

Re: 10.7 Full-Screen transition animation corrupts my UI - how to avoid?

2012-07-19 Thread Steve Bird
On Jul 10, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Motti Shneor wrote: > If the window started in its minimal size, this animation will SHRINK IT > BELOW THE MINIMAL size and will corrupt my UI beyond repair. My views are > receiving setFrameSize: with unsupported size. Not sure about prevention, but can't you put

Re: NSSplitView question - how to implement my own "adjustViews" style method

2012-07-19 Thread Motti Shneor
Hello Gideon. Thanks for the note. Indeed, RBSplitView is a complete, functional and feature-loaded class, but it is also lagging behind current Cocoa developments, and does not integrate well XCode 4.x and with SDK 10.7 or and SDK 10.8. Testing with it I saw problems in: 1. Look and feel (not

Re: NSArrayController not rearranging correctly

2012-07-19 Thread Quincey Morris
On Jul 18, 2012, at 23:22 , Markus Spoettl wrote: > The array controller is used by views directly, they bind to arrangedObjects > (like in the example). Since when is it recommended to insert an intermediate > object between table view and NSArrayController? Ugh, I didn't pay enough attention