Re: Clearing an NSTextView

FROM : I. Savant
DATE : Sun Feb 24 21:30:45 2008

> I knew insertText: wouldn't remove the text. I just can't figure out 
> how to remove it all.


  Did you read my previous e-mail? See also the e-mail from Gary. The 
approach you take depends on whether you're using any attributes 
(formatting). If it's all the same font/size/etc. then setString: will 
do just fine ... just set it to:

    @"";

  ... and it's empty.

> And how do I select all of characters? That would be my only problem 
> with the replaceCharactersInRange:withString:...


  -setSelectedRange:?

--
I.S.



On Feb 24, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jeremy wrote:

> I.S.,
>
> I knew insertText: wouldn't remove the text. I just can't figure out 
> how to remove it all. And how do I select all of characters? That 
> would be my only problem with the 
> replaceCharactersInRange:withString:...
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
> "For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so 
> leading edge, could be so useless, and then it occurred to me that a 
> computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart 
> things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability 
> to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect 
> match." - Bill Bryson
>
>
> On Feb 24, 2008, at 3:20 PM, I. Savant wrote:
>

>>> When I use [NSTextView insertText:@"Lyrics Code Here"];, it 
>>> doesn't delete the current text so that is it is replaced for the 
>>> user...

>>
>>
>> Why would you believe "insert" means anything but? If you read the 
>> documentation on the text system, you'll get a better idea of where 
>> to look for more answers.
>>
>> You can ask the text view for its NSTextStorage (which is a 
>> subclass of NSMutableAttributedString) and replace the contents 
>> with -replaceCharactersInRange:withString: or -
>> replaceCharactersInRange:withAttributedString:
>>
>> --
>> I.S.
>>
>>

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