I'm writing a Vi plugin, Currently I must create a list of events and send them to NSWindow. However, this does not work for alot of actions that I need. I need to be able to execute all of the movement commands and selection commands. Having access to the undo stack would be great too. kirt <div>On 3/17/07, Todd Ditchendorf <<a href="mailto:itod@mac.com">itod@mac.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> really we're going about this all wrong... TM has lots of great documentation and a wonderful dev community. You should describe here what effect it is you are trying to achieve. there's bound to be a way to do it... and possibly even thru published/documented api. Todd Ditchendorf Scandalous Software - Mac XML Developer Tools <a href="http://scan.dalo.us">http://scan.dalo.us</a> On Mar 17, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Kirt Fitzpatrick wrote: > It Todd appears is right. Which is what I was afraid of. Now I > really need to work blind (without documentation). > > kirt > > On 3/17/07, Todd Ditchendorf <<a href="mailto:itod@mac.com">itod@mac.com</a>> wrote:> Actually it's > an NSResponder method, > > yes, but if you're trying to move the text selection caret, the impl > you actually want to call will be in something like NSTextView. > > > It's worth a shot. > > agreed. but still... I've peeked into the OakTextView.h header file > using class-dump[1], and I don't see moveLeft: listed there. I really > don't think this will work. > > [1] <a href="http://www.codethecode.com/Projects/class-dump/"> http://www.codethecode.com/Projects/class-dump/</a> > > Todd Ditchendorf > > Scandalous Software - Mac XML Developer Tools > <a href="http://scan.dalo.us">http://scan.dalo.us</a> > > > > On Mar 17, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Rob Rix wrote: > > > Actually it's an NSResponder method, and taking a glance at > > TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/KeyBindings.dict shows that a > > number of NSResponder methods are implemented by TextMate. > > > > It's worth a shot. > > > > Rob > > > > On 17-Mar-07, at 6:46 PM, Todd Ditchendorf wrote: > > > >> oh... and btw, I don't think the line below is going to work > >> anyhow... first of all, I think I gave you some bumb advice... I'd > >> never heard of moveLeft: before... I just looked it up, and it > >> looks like it's something that an NSTextView might implement, not > >> an NSWindow. > >> > >> More importantly, Allan has developed his own alternative to > >> NSTextView in TM, called OakTextView, and I would not be surprised > >> if it doesn't implement that method anyhow, so this might be a > >> dead end. > >> > >> Todd Ditchendorf > >> > >> Scandalous Software - Mac XML Developer Tools > >> <a href="http://scan.dalo.us">http://scan.dalo.us</a> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mar 17, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Todd Ditchendorf wrote: > >> > >>> Kirt, I've done quite a bit of communication from a tm plugin to > >>> the TM front most window[1][2][3]... I think you should probably > >>> try something like this: > >>> > >>> [[[NSApplication sharedApplication] mainWindow] moveLeft:self] > >>> > >>> > >>> Note that +[NSApplication sharedApplication] returns an > >>> NSApplication instance, not a window. An NSApplication handles > >>> much of the application's lifecycle. A window is represented by > >>> NSWindow. The frontmost TM editing window can always be fetched > >>> by calling -[NSApplication mainWindow] on the TM application > >>> instance from your plugin, as shown above > >>> > >>> If I were Allan, I would probably admonish you not to do anything > >>> too crazy to the frontmost TM window from your plugin, as it > >>> might surprise users. But then again, as I mentioned, I've > >>> probably done more peeking under TM's skirt with my plugins than > >>> anyone else has... So far Allan hasn't complained ;-] > >>> > >>> > >>> [1] <a href="http://ditchnet.ort/texmlmate">http://ditchnet.ort/texmlmate</a> > >>> [2] <a href="http://ditchnet.ort/texslmate">http://ditchnet.ort/texslmate</a> > >>> [3] <a href="http://ditchnet.ort/blogmate"> http://ditchnet.ort/blogmate</a> > >>> > >>> > >>> Todd Ditchendorf > >>> > >>> Scandalous Software - Mac XML Developer Tools > >>> <a href="http://scan.dalo.us">http://scan.dalo.us</a> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mar 17, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Kirt Fitzpatrick wrote: > >>> > >>>> I am trying to call the moveLeft method on the editor window and > >>>> I don't seem to be having any luck. I am a bit of a n00b to > >>>> Objective C so I assume that I must be missing something. This > >>>> is what I came up with. Am I doing something wrong? > >>>> > >>>> SEL methodSelector = sel_registerName( "moveLeft" ); > >>>> [[NSApplication sharedApplication] sendAction:methodSelector > >>>> to:nil from:self]; > >>>> > >>>> kirt > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> textmate-plugins mailing list > >>>> <a href="mailto:textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com">textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com</a> > >>>> <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins">http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins </a> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> textmate-plugins mailing list > >>> <a href="mailto:textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com"> textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com</a> > >>> <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins">http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins</a> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> textmate-plugins mailing list > >> <a href="mailto:textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com">textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com</a> > >> <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins">http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins</a> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > textmate-plugins mailing list > > <a href="mailto:textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com">textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com</a> > > <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins"> http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins</a> > > _______________________________________________ > textmate-plugins mailing list > <a href="mailto:textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com"> textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com</a> > <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins">http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins</a> > > _______________________________________________ > textmate-plugins mailing list > <a href="mailto:textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com">textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com</a> > <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins"> http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins</a> _______________________________________________ textmate-plugins mailing list <a href="mailto:textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com">textmate-plugins@lists.macromates.com </a> <a href="http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins">http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate-plugins</a> </blockquote></div>