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
> 
> 
> 
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