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Re: OK, but what do 'attributes' look like?
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Re: OK, but what do 'attributes' look like?


  • Subject: Re: OK, but what do 'attributes' look like?
  • From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:10:03 -0500

Look at the constants table in the NSAttributed Strings additions here

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ ApplicationKit/ObjC_classic/Classes/NSAttributedString.html#// apple_ref/doc/uid/20000167

Yes, been there.

specifically, the middle column tells you the object type

And..... what does that tell me....? Type of which object? I'm working on setting attributes for an NSString, but the only line that mentions NSString in the middle column is something about tool tips. Nearly there, but I'm back to the same situation. The documentation is clear and obvious, if you know the answer,


Well, I think this is documented better in that respect here, http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ AttributedStrings/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000036i, specifically in accessing attributes.

The Reference that I pointed you to is just that, reference. It's usually more terse, since the conceptual information explains things better.

Also, the Constants Description in NSAttributedString seems to state it pretty clearly

An attributed string identifies attributes by name, storing a value under the name in an NSDictionary. You can assign any attribute name/value pair you wish to a range of characters, in addition to the standard attributes described in the Constants section of NSAttributedString Additions.

I think adding a fragment of code to the creating attributes topic couldn't hurt through, and I've filed a bug.



I guess one of the problems with being self-taught (OK, you can blame the teacher) is I don't recognise the formal definitions and standard terms so easily. I saw a column on that page that I had found, and you each referred me to, headed "Value Class", but I did not appreciate that the cryptic heading meant "The object that you add to the attribute dictionary must be of the type listed below".
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