Re: GNUstep text system

[Fred Kiefer]

Rogelio M. Serrano Jr. wrote:
> Where can we get an overview of the gnustep text system? Is it similar
> to cocoa?

Looks like nobody did answer this mail up to now, so I will try it.

The GNUstep text system tries to be close in structure and functionality
to the Cocoa one. So one the highest level you have the same classes
working together to generate the text layout NSTextView, NSTextStorage,
NSLayoutManager, NSTextContainer. Most documentation you will find for
the Cocoa behaviour of these classes will apply to GNUstep as well.
Where they differ it may be regarded as a bug.
Below that level there are a lot of differences to be expected. The one
person to really explain all these differences is Alexander Malmberg.
But perhaps you question is not going that deep? If you could restate
your problem, it is quite possible that I or somebody else is able to
help you that far.
I would suggest you start reading some overview of the Cocoa text system
and then come back with more detailed questions and we try together if
we are able to figure out how GNUstep those it

Cheers
Fred