Re: NSTextView or NSTextField?

FROM : Douglas Davidson
DATE : Fri Jun 16 20:21:10 2006

On Jun 16, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Jerry Krinock wrote:

> We're making an application that stores several user "tasks". 
> These tasks
> are not documents; they will be continuously and silently stored in a
> database in ~/Library/Application Support.
>
> One of each task's attributes is a user-editable script; a 
> scrollable view
> of text which may be 5-100 lines.  This view should:
>
> - scroll vertically when needed.
> - accept "return" and "tab" characters without using "opt" key.
> - give me a notification or delegate message upon completion of 
> each "edit":
> (contiguous typing, cut operation, paste operation, etc.), like the 
> editor
> in Xcode.  Upon receiving this, I shall end an undo grouping and 
> (unlike
> Xcode) silently save their work.
>


Sounds like you want to use NSTextView, but NSTextView automatically 
handles undo; you don't have to manage it.  You can get notification 
of various changes as the text view's delegate, and choose when to 
save the document.

Douglas Davidson