Re: NSTextView - stopping conversion of quotation marks
Re: NSTextView - stopping conversion of quotation marks
- Subject: Re: NSTextView - stopping conversion of quotation marks
- From: Mark Munz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:07:38 -0800
Use [myTextView setAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled:NO]; to disable to
automatic conversion of plain quotes to smart quotes.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:19 AM, 2551 <email@hidden> wrote:
> I’m confused. If you select a NSTextView item in IB, then examine the
> Attributes Inspector, you’re presented with various options for setting
> text attributes, such as the font, size and color. In my clumsy hands, none
> of these work. The text entry always defaults to Helvetica 12.0 in standard
> black.
> Specifically for what I’m trying to accomplish, the text view always
> convert the quotation characters " " to “ ” when the user types in the
> text view, which totally messes up the functionality of my app. Turning on
> the Field Editor does stop the conversion, but then restricts me to a
> single cell/line. How do I stop this automatic re-formatting but retain the
> ability to enter line breaks?
>
> I’d have thought that setting the default options for a text view was a
> fairly common need, yet searches have only pointed me to one or two posts
> that discuss this problem, the most useful (but still not detailed enough
> for my current understanding) goes back to 2006 here:
>
>
> http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/160492-setting-the-default-font-of-an-nstextview.html
>
> So I’m now deep (have been for most of the day) into numerous Apple
> documentation items (always a frustrating experience, since they are
> inevitably heavy on describing the wonderous possibilities of Cocoa and
> referencing a thousand other “Don’t miss...” documents while depressingly
> light on demonstrative details. Still, I digress…). Undoubtedly both a rite
> of passage and a useful extension to my learning, but it seems bizarre to
> me that something as basic as setting the default font attributes in a text
> view and avoiding automatic conversions should require heavy coding. I
> could do this in C with a blindfold on, but in Cocoa, I feel like I’m in a
> galaxy-wide void with only half a candle to light my way.
>
> Any enlightenment hugely appreciated.
>
>
> Best
>
> Phil
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
>
> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com
>
> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
>
> This email sent to email@hidden
--
Mark Munz
unmarked software
http://www.unmarked.com/
_______________________________________________
Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden