Re: How is "Apple + Ctrl + D" implemented?
Re: How is "Apple + Ctrl + D" implemented?
- Subject: Re: How is "Apple + Ctrl + D" implemented?
- From: "Ying Bian" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:06:07 +0800
Graham,
Thanks for your reply! But how can I "find the range of the word" given
the glyph index? I just can not find an API doing so.
So I don't think this is the underlying implementation. Any comments
from others?
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Graham Cox <email@hidden> wrote:
> I imagine it uses some API such as NSLayoutManager's:
>
> - (NSUInteger)glyphIndexForPoint:(NSPoint)point
> inTextContainer:(NSTextContainer *)container
> fractionOfDistanceThroughGlyph:(CGFloat *)partialFraction
>
>
> One you have the glyph index you can find the range of the word it belongs
> to.
>
> One you have the string of the word it belongs to, you can look it up in
> dictionary.app using the Application Services API.
>
>
> hth, though I am guessing to some extent.
>
>
>
> G.
>
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B.Y.
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