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From: sstreep@elvis (Sam Streeper)
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Subject: Re: Drawing String in a View (Reply Needed ASAP)
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Date: 3 Jun 91 17:56:59 GMT
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In article <1991Jun1.212429.11027@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>  
garyc@robbie.acns.nwu.edu writes:
> I need to display some plain strings in my View area; but
> I hate to go thru and use the Text Object. 

EPS suggested using a TextField object;  That's probably the best way to
do what you want to do.  Glenn suggested postscript code; that works too.
Here's yet another way so you can take your pick...  You might have a couple
of View methods that look like this:

- initFrame:(const NXRect *)frameRect
{
	[super initFrame:frameRect];
	readOut = [[Cell alloc] initTextCell:"Hola!"];
	return self;
}

- someOtherViewMethod
{
	NXRect	cellRect = {0, 0, 100, 20 };
	[readOut drawInside:&cellRect inView:self];
	return self;
}

This example displays text, but the text won't be editable as it would
be in a TextField object.  This code was borrowed from the Plotter example
which probably appears somewhere on the purdue archive.

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