Re: boundingRectWithSize:Option: and height constraint
Re: boundingRectWithSize:Option: and height constraint
- Subject: Re: boundingRectWithSize:Option: and height constraint
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:28:37 -0500
On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:53:37 -0500, Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
> said:
>> The documentation leaves me with the impression that the whole point of this
> method is to return the largest rect that will honor the size constraint by
> cutting off the text at the height constraint while it is being laid out within
> the width constraint. Have I misunderstood?
>
> More like wishful thinking? I don't see anything in the documentation that
> would give you that impression.
>
> Perhaps the problem here is just a wish to avoid using the text system? It
> really is not at all difficult. The text system will lay out text for you in
> a container of a given size (if you don't want to use a view that already
> does this for you). See "Text System Overview," "Text Layout Programming
> Guide," etc.
I know how to use the text system. That wasn't my question.
What I'm trying to do is figure out how -boundingRectWithSize:option: works and what it's good for. If it did what I understood from the documentation, it could make some things easier. But you seem to be right: it was wishful thinking.
--
Bill Cheeseman
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