On Jan 11, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Ross Carter wrote: > On Jan 10, 2012, at 10:14 PM, James Merkel wrote: > >> the default NSParagraphStyle is being applied to my string. > > To be precise, a NSParagraphStyle is being applied to your attributed string. > The NSString does not contain any formatting information. > > When you copy rich text, say from TextEdit, you place two sets of data on the > pasteboard: the rich text data with the NSParagraphStyle and font > information, and plain text data, which is just the characters. When you > paste into a document, the receiving app chooses the item on the pasteboard > that it wants to use. A code editor might prefer the plain text version, > whereas a word processor would prefer the rich text version. > > If you want the text to line up neatly in an app that takes plain text from > the pasteboard, you probably want to align everything using spaces, as Jens > said. If you want the text to align in an app that uses rich text, you should > use tabs and define their location using NSParagraphStyle. To handle both > possibilities, you need to manage what gets put on the pasteboard. If you are > using NSTextView, there are some pasteboard methods available for you to > override. > > Ross
I'm using my own defined NSParagraphStyle now for the tabstops and that works fine. That's a cleaner and more maintainable approach than I was using before. So thanks to Jens for that suggestion. I would like to be able to copy and paste to TextEdit and maintain the attributes (including bolded text). I'll take a look at the pasteboard methods of NSTextView. Thanks Jim Merkel _______________________________________________ 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
