Cocoa® Programming

Chapter 11. The Cocoa Text System

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Using the High-Level Text Classes

• The Text System Architecture

• Managing Fonts

• Text Input

Cocoa provides powerful text presentation and input capabilities that are not matched on any other platform. The classes that are used to store and present text are complex and include many hooks that provide flexibility and enable customization. This chapter begins with several examples that show how to use the basic high-level features of the text system. The examples demonstrate common tasks and use features that are sufficient for many applications. This chapter then delves into the architecture of the text systems and identifies the many classes that interact to implement high-level features and provide ...