It Todd appears is right. Which is what I was afraid of. Now I really need to work blind (without documentation). 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;">> 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> </blockquote></div>