Re: NSForegroundColorAttributeName without AppKit
Re: NSForegroundColorAttributeName without AppKit
- Subject: Re: NSForegroundColorAttributeName without AppKit
- From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:51:59 +1100
On 02/03/2010, at 2:39 PM, Steven Degutis wrote:
> NSAttributedString is part of Foundation.framework and so are all NSStrings
> (including literal constants like @"NSColor"). Thus, you can use that safely
> without linking against AppKit.framework; however, I advise against using
> string literals in place of Apple's constants, since they might change under
> your nose.
It's a good idea to use the constant where possible, but Apple couldn't just change it without breaking binary compatibility, so it should be safe to use the literal @"NSColor" in this case, if the constant itself is defined in AppKit.
>> Unfortunately it seems that using the @"NSColor" key as part of an
>> NSAttributedString also requires AppKit. Put another way, I can't see any
>> way to draw multi-colored text in a wrapping text field without using
>> AppKit.
>
Yes, all the attributed string DRAWING functions are in AppKit, but so is NSTextField. Foundation provides the existence of NSAttributedString (the data model, if you like) but not the view or UI related aspects of it.
--Graham
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