Thanks Graham and Mark.
Candle out, torch on (with fresh batteries). :) P On 12 Nov 2013, at 23:25, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2013, at 4:19 pm, 2551 <2551p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I’m confused. If you select a NSTextView item in IB, then examine the >> Attributes Inspector, you’re presented with various options for setting text >> attributes, such as the font, size and color. In my clumsy hands, none of >> these work. The text entry always defaults to Helvetica 12.0 in standard >> black. > >> Specifically for what I’m trying to accomplish, the text view always convert >> the quotation characters " " to “ ” when the user types in the text view, >> which totally messes up the functionality of my app. > > This sounds like the smart quote substitution feature, which has nothing to > do with the font or other text attributes. Have a look at [NSTextView > setAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled:]. > > Depending on how you are loading text into the text view, text attributes set > in IB might be overridden. If you are starting with an empty text view that > you type into, you will probably want to use -setTypingAttributes: to set the > initial font, etc used when typing. However, that setting is pretty fragile, > and will need to be performed when the selection changes. I think the > cocoabuilder reference you linked discusses this. > >> Turning on the Field Editor does stop the conversion, but then restricts me >> to a single cell/line. How do I stop this automatic re-formatting but retain >> the ability to enter line breaks? > > I really don’t think the Field Editor should come into this - that’s used for > entering text into small fields, not when using a complete NSTextView. Forget > about that. > > —Graham > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/sqwarqdev%40icloud.com > > This email sent to sqwarq...@icloud.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
