Saving NSTextView data to CoreData without ending editing

FROM : Mike Manzano
DATE : Tue Apr 22 21:26:39 2008

I have an application that periodically needs to save content 
contained in an NSTextView. The text view is bound to a Core Data 
managed object. Currently, I am ending editing on the text view to 
force it to save its contents into the store. However, since I'm doing 
it automatically on a time interval, the view goes out of focus which 
is annoying if you're typing into it. Is there a way to save the text 
view's contents without ending editing on it?

Thanks,

Mike