Interesting.

I actually use that API to set the text successfully in my applications, so
far without any problems.

Thanks,
Kappa

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Fritz Anderson <fri...@manoverboard.org>wrote:

> On 31 Aug 2011, at 2:00 PM, Rajendran P wrote:
>
> > is it advisable to use the API setTitleWithMnemonic ? the document
> discussion
> > says
> >
> > "Discussion
> > Mnemonics are not supported in Mac OS X. "
> >
> > strangely , the API is not deprecated
>
> Given that the method has never had any effect in the ten years Mac OS X
> has existed, I'm not sure why you wonder if it is advisable to use it
> anyway? Mnemonics are not displayed, and there is no way to trigger them.
>
> The API probably carried over from NeXTStep or possibly the Yellow Box (the
> long-abandoned Cocoa for Windows). It is deprecated for NSMenuItem. You'd
> have to ask Apple why it hasn't been dropped. I don't think it's because
> there's a strong '90s-revival faction in the AppKit team, so I'm guessing
> it's just inertia.
>
>        — F
>
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