Thanks Michael and Gideon's reply. [NSTextInput markedRange] works. A minor question is that [NSWindow fieldEditor] returns an NSText*, rather than an NSTextView*. I think that's because of historical reason and it should be safe to always cast a returned NSText point to an NSTextView. Is it safe?
2009/5/20 Michael Ash <michael....@gmail.com>: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Dong Feng <middle.fengd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> When using an non-English input method, such as Japanese or Chinese, >> the entered characters are first in a pending status (i.e. with an >> underscore). Pressing the space key make those pending text converted >> to the actual non-English characters. Pressing the Enter key make the >> underscore beneath the letters disappear. Either way, the pending text >> become committed. >> >> I want to programmatically distinguish the committed text from the >> pending one, in a NSTextField. [NSTextField stringValue] returns the >> sum, not only the committed part. Is there any way to do so? > > Check out the NSTextInput protocol. NSTextView conforms to that > protocol, so if you get the field editor from your NSTextField, you > can use those methods. I believe that "marked" is what that protocol > calls what you are referring to as "pending", but I'm not 100% sure. > > (Warning: I've never tried any of this.) > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > > 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/middle.fengdong%40gmail.com > > This email sent to middle.fengd...@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
