[TxMt] OakTextView API & text selection

[Todd Ditchendorf]

> 	Keep in mind that Allan is going to (has already done) some pretty  
> major changes for 2.0, which may include a different class  
> altogether.  Depending on what calls you are considering, this may  
> or may not present a problem in 4-5 months. You might want to check  
> with Allan first (though he is on vacation at the moment).
>

Haris:

Thanks for the tip. I'll be keeping that in mind.


> Been there... AFAIK the cire of the TextView is written in C++.  
> classdump doesn't help there, and no way to use the ObjcC-runtime  
> system to 're-pipe' things...

Gerd:

That would explain some of the C++-esque garbage that class-dump  
produced... but the good news is that a complete OakTextView ObjC  
header was also produced, and I've been able to use this successfully  
(I'll be shipping my plugin very soon :) Let me know if you'd like me  
to share what I found.



Todd Ditchendorf

Scandalous Software - Cocoa Developer Tools
http://scan.dalo.us


On Dec 26, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Gerd Knops wrote:

>
> On Dec 25, 2006, at 9:42 PM, Todd Ditchendorf wrote:
>
>> I'm working on a couple of TextMate plugins, and I would like to  
>> force text selection and possibly scrolling in TextMate's main  
>> window ([NSApp mainWindow]).
>>
>> I see that TextMate uses a custom text view class called OakTextView.
>>
>> 1. Is the OakTextView api (header file?) available to the public?
>>
>> 2. Does anyone have any advice to share on how to accomplish text  
>> selection in an OakTextView?
>>
> Been there... AFAIK the cire of the TextView is written in C++.  
> classdump doesn't help there, and no way to use the ObjcC-runtime  
> system to 're-pipe' things...
>
> Gerd
>
>
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