Re: Notification when displays are detected?

2009-12-30 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Adding this method to your application delegate should be sufficient: -(void)applicationDidChangeScreenParameters: (NSNotification *)notice { //Handle Display Change Here } If this isn't in the main class of your app, then you can make the class an NSApp delgate by adding this line to the

Global Hotkeys in 64-bit mode

2009-09-25 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
the one that comes through as data1 in the NSEvent. It appears to be a 32-bit to 64-bit conversion issue, and my code works fine when compiled in 32-bit mode. Has anyone made global hotkeys work in 64-bit mode? Thanks Tobias Zimmerman ___ Cocoa-dev

Global Hotkeys - Trouble with sizeof EventHotKeyRef

2009-09-24 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
¹ of the comparator?) Any and all advice on this would be appreciated. Relevant code is below. Thanks in advance Tobias Zimmerman /* Method to register hotkeys /* - (void)assignHotKey: (UInt32)keyEquiv modifiers: (UInt32)mods hotKeyNumber: (NSInteger)menuIndex //the menu item

Re: Removing or ignoring lineWidth property of an NSBezierPath instance

2009-04-27 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
that has a different dot-pitch, pixel ratio, etc. From: Graham Cox graham@bigpond.com Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:27:25 +1000 To: Tobias Zimmerman automa...@gmail.com Cc: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: Removing or ignoring lineWidth property

Re: Scaling an entire CGPath?

2009-04-22 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Sorry if I am missing the point, but is [CG|NS]AffineTransform what you are looking for? I have only used them in at the Cocoa view level (NSBezierPath, NSAffineTransform), so my information may not be correct for CGPath. The Transforms section of the Quartz 2D guide may be helpful:

Removing or ignoring lineWidth property of an NSBezierPath instance

2009-04-22 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
I am trying to find a way to ensure that a series of NSBezierPaths are drawn using [NSBezierPath defaultLineWidth] value. However, contrary to documentation and expectation, my paths seem to automatically assign themselves the value 1.0 for their own lineWidth property. First, the documentation

How can I draw an election map?

2009-03-30 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
I am starting a new project that involves simulating various US election results. I want to plot the results using an election map similar to the ones that were all over the web during last year¹s election. However, I would like to do this in Cocoa/Objective-C rather than having to learn Python

Re: Simulating (or obtaining) menubar effect in a Cell

2009-03-24 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:47:47 + From: Benjamin Dobson importedfromsp...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Simulating (or obtaining) menubar effect in a Cell In what way does NSPopUpButtonCell act incorrectly? It seems to work for me, but obviously, I don't know exactly what your target is.

Simulating (or obtaining) menubar effect in a Cell

2009-03-23 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Hello all- I am working with an NSMatrix, and I would like one cell of the Matrix to act just like an item in the menu bar. Specifically: Single clicking should open a menu; holding the mouse down should open the menu and then close it when released; when selected the item should

Re: NSObliquenessAttributeName, labelFontOfSize, Italic

2009-03-23 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
From: Eric Gorr mail...@ericgorr.net Subject: NSObliquenessAttributeName, labelFontOfSize, Italic The solution proposed in the thread was to just add NSObliquenessAttributeName, which is easy enough, but I am not sure what the appropriate angle should be. Is there a standard angle which

Re: Listening key board event while application in status bar

2009-03-03 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Information and an example of the function Eric references can be found on the following website, which I found very helpful when implementing global hotkeys in my statusItem: http://dbachrach.com/blog/2005/11/28/program-global-hotkeys-in-cocoa-easily/ Tobias Zimmerman Hi Vijay, Take

NSPrefrencePane with Garbage Collection won't work in System Preferences?

2009-02-27 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Can someone confirm that the System Preferences application cannot load a preference pane that is compiled with garbage collection? Even linking to a framework compiled with GC ³supported² causes System Prefs to reject my preference pane (Give an error saying it cannot be loaded). Turn off GC

Re: NSPrefrencePane with Garbage Collection won't work in System Preferences?

2009-02-27 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Zitzmann n...@chronosnet.com Cc: Tobias Zimmerman automa...@gmail.com, cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: NSPrefrencePane with Garbage Collection won't work in System Preferences? On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Nick Zitzmann wrote: The PreferencePanes framework

Re: NSPrefrencePane with Garbage Collection won't work in System Preferences?

2009-02-27 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
)? Again, the only parts of my code that touch the system prefs is the Pane and the framework, neither of which are compiled with GC-required. From: Bill Bumgarner b...@mac.com Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:18:34 -0800 To: Tobias Zimmerman automa...@gmail.com Cc: Nick Zitzmann n...@chronosnet.com, cocoa

Obtaining Display EDID (DDC) Information From User Level App

2009-02-22 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Apologies if this is the wrong forum ‹ I am not entirely sure what category this question properly falls under. If someone suggests a better list, I will move the question there. I want to obtain the name of a display (monitor) by manufacturer and brand. Most (not all) displays report this using

Re: Using NSAppleScript With AXMakeProcessTrusted -- and/or, How To Indirectly Launch A Secure Agent

2009-02-01 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Mail cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Message-ID: c5aaeb5d.79854%b...@cheeseman.name Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 on 2009-01-31 4:44 PM, Tobias Zimmerman at automa...@gmail.com wrote: So, I have read up on the AXMakeProcessTrusted function, and seen the example at http

Using NSAppleScript With AXMakeProcessTrusted -- and/or, How To Indirectly Launch A Secure Agent

2009-01-31 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
I have a somewhat complex problem I am hoping the list can help me with. Ultimately, what I am trying to do is grant my application rights to use the Accessibility API without forcing users to turn on ³Enable access for assistive devices². My application uses AppleScripts (primarily calling

Re: Cocoa-dev Digest, Vol 6, Issue 86

2009-01-15 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Bill Bumgarner b...@mac.com wrote: For example, an application's VSIZE might be growing over time because it is mmap()'ing a bunch of files (or a few small files). If the app fails to unmap, the VSIZE will grow and the app may likely exhaust its

Re: What Determines VSIZE allocation?

2009-01-15 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
I believe, if I understood Bill Bumgarner's message correctly, is that the 8GB range being assigned to the app is due in part to the design of the garbage collector, libauto. I doubt that Apache is compiled to use the garbage collector at all and thus, is not having that memory range

What determines VSIZE allocation?

2009-01-14 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
I have searched for an answer to this question, including in Amit Singh's book, but have not found the answer (at least, not in a form that I recognize it). I have a fairly simple Cocoa app that creates an NSStatusItem with a small menu. It is compiled using Garbage Collection and in 64bit mode

Re: Help using NSAppleScript

2008-12-30 Thread Tobias Zimmerman
Thank you very much for your help. One reason I had avoided using NSScreen is that I am working with CGDisplay functions and AppleScript, and so want to keep all of the coordinates in an upper-left-origin orientation, but I may try the NSScreen method and see if I can use one of the flipping