[Ghoser777]

Alrighty, I want to print out a bunch of text into an NSTextView object. Seems pretty easy: (I'm using java)

Code:
NSTextView output;

public void test(NSButton sender)
{
   for(int i=0; i++; i<10000)
   {
      output.insertText("" + i + " ");
   }
}

Seem simple enough? Well, the only problem is that the NSTextView object isn't being updated in real time - it waits till the loop is done thinking and then updates the screen. Is there anyway to make the NSTextView object act more like STDOUT in terminal (aka u type something, and lines and lines of "stuff" flies by).

Thanks,
F-bacher

[Angus_D]

Perhaps it would update if the code was in a thread? I don't really know anything about threads, just hazarding a guess.

You could also try sending the NSTextView an update message (I think that's right, or updateIfNeeded or something... Check the AppKit ref ), but that might cause flicker.

[Ghoser777]

I got it. Just called this after ever output.insertText("blah") call:

[code]
output.drawRect(output.bounds());
[code]

Thanks,
F-bacher

[ali]

drawRect() is not meant to be called directly; it's meant to be implemented by subclassers of NSView, and the drawing machinery is supposed to call it for you.

To force a redraw, call displayIfNeeded() or display(). Given you just changed the view, displayIfNeeded() should do the right thing.

Ali