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- 5. Application Kit Framework Reference
- 6. Contents The Application Kit 44 Introduction 49 Application Kit Classes and Protocols 50 Encapsulating an Application 51 General Event Handling and Drawing 52 Panels 52 Menus and Cursors 52 Grouping and Scrolling Views 52 Controlling an Application 53 Tables 53 Text and Fonts 53 Graphics and Color 54 Dragging 54 Printing 54 Accessing the File System 55 Sharing Data With Other Applications 55 Checking Spelling 55 Localization 55 Classes 56 CIColor Additions Reference 57 Overview 57 Tasks 57 Instance Methods 57 CIImage Additions Reference 59 Overview 59 Tasks 59 Instance Methods 60 NSActionCell Class Reference 63 Overview 63 Tasks 63 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2
- 7. Instance Methods 65 NSAffineTransform Additions Reference 72 Overview 72 Tasks 72 Instance Methods 73 NSAlert Class Reference 76 Overview 76 Tasks 77 Class Methods 80 Instance Methods 83 Constants 99 NSAnimation Class Reference 101 Overview 101 Tasks 102 Instance Methods 104 Constants 119 Notifications 122 NSAnimationContext Class Reference 123 Overview 123 Tasks 124 Class Methods 125 Instance Methods 128 NSAppleScript Additions Reference 133 Overview 133 Tasks 133 Instance Methods 133 NSApplication Class Reference 135 Class at a Glance 136 Overview 136 Tasks 140 Class Methods 149 Instance Methods 151 Delegate Methods 211 Constants 213 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3 Contents
- 8. Notifications 227 NSArrayController Class Reference 232 Overview 232 Tasks 233 Instance Methods 237 NSATSTypesetter Class Reference 265 Overview 265 Tasks 266 Class Methods 270 Instance Methods 270 NSAttributedString Application Kit Additions Reference 292 Overview 292 Tasks 292 Class Methods 296 Instance Methods 300 Constants 325 NSBezierPath Class Reference 347 Overview 347 Adopted Protocols 348 Tasks 348 Class Methods 354 Instance Methods 368 Constants 402 NSBitmapImageRep Class Reference 407 Overview 407 Tasks 408 Class Methods 411 Instance Methods 416 Constants 443 NSBox Class Reference 452 Overview 452 Tasks 453 Instance Methods 455 Constants 471 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4 Contents
- 9. NSBrowser Class Reference 474 Overview 474 Tasks 475 Class Methods 484 Instance Methods 485 Constants 544 Notifications 546 NSBrowserCell Class Reference 547 Overview 547 Tasks 547 Class Methods 548 Instance Methods 550 NSBundle Additions Reference 556 Overview 556 Tasks 556 Class Methods 557 Instance Methods 559 NSButton Class Reference 564 Overview 564 Tasks 565 Instance Methods 568 NSButtonCell Class Reference 591 Overview 591 Tasks 592 Instance Methods 596 Constants 628 NSCachedImageRep Class Reference 635 Overview 635 Tasks 636 Instance Methods 636 NSCell Class Reference 639 Overview 639 Tasks 640 Class Methods 652 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5 Contents
- 10. Instance Methods 653 Constants 740 Notifications 753 NSCIImageRep Class Reference 754 Overview 754 Tasks 754 Class Methods 755 Instance Methods 755 NSClipView Class Objective-C Reference 757 Class at a Glance 757 Overview 758 Tasks 759 Instance Methods 761 NSCoder Application Kit Additions Reference 769 Overview 769 Tasks 769 Instance Methods 770 NSCollectionView Class Reference 771 Overview 771 Tasks 771 Instance Methods 774 Constants 787 NSCollectionViewItem Class Reference 788 Overview 788 Tasks 788 Instance Methods 789 NSColor Class Reference 793 Class at a Glance 793 Overview 794 Adopted Protocols 794 Tasks 795 Class Methods 802 Instance Methods 838 Constants 860 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6 Contents
- 11. Notifications 861 NSColorList Class Reference 862 Overview 862 Adopted Protocols 862 Tasks 863 Class Methods 864 Instance Methods 865 Notifications 871 NSColorPanel Class Reference 872 Overview 872 Tasks 873 Class Methods 875 Instance Methods 878 Delegate Methods 886 Constants 886 Notifications 890 NSColorPicker Class Reference 891 Overview 891 Adopted Protocols 891 Tasks 892 Instance Methods 893 NSColorSpace Class Reference 899 Overview 899 Tasks 900 Class Methods 901 Instance Methods 906 Constants 910 NSColorWell Class Reference 913 Overview 913 Tasks 914 Instance Methods 915 NSComboBox Class Reference 920 Overview 920 Tasks 921 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7 Contents
- 12. Instance Methods 924 Notifications 943 NSComboBoxCell Class Reference 945 Overview 945 Tasks 945 Instance Methods 948 NSControl Class Reference 968 Overview 968 Tasks 969 Class Methods 975 Instance Methods 976 Delegate Methods 1015 Notifications 1017 NSController Class Reference 1020 Overview 1020 Adopted Protocols 1020 Tasks 1021 Instance Methods 1021 NSCursor Class Reference 1025 Overview 1025 Tasks 1027 Class Methods 1030 Instance Methods 1041 Constants 1048 NSCustomImageRep Class Reference 1049 Overview 1049 Tasks 1049 Instance Methods 1050 NSDatePicker Class Reference 1052 Overview 1052 Tasks 1052 Instance Methods 1055 NSDatePickerCell Class Reference 1070 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8 Contents
- 13. Overview 1070 Tasks 1070 Instance Methods 1073 Constants 1085 NSDictionaryController Class Reference 1090 Overview 1090 Adopted Protocols 1091 Tasks 1091 Instance Methods 1093 Constants 1099 NSDockTile Class Reference 1101 Overview 1101 Tasks 1102 Instance Methods 1103 Constants 1107 NSDocument Class Reference 1109 Overview 1109 Tasks 1111 Class Methods 1123 Instance Methods 1128 Constants 1220 NSDocumentController Class Reference 1224 Overview 1224 Adopted Protocols 1225 Tasks 1225 Class Methods 1230 Instance Methods 1231 NSDraggingImageComponent Class Reference 1265 Overview 1265 Tasks 1265 Properties 1266 Class Methods 1267 Instance Methods 1268 Constants 1269 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 9 Contents
- 14. NSDraggingItem Class Reference 1270 Overview 1270 Tasks 1270 Properties 1271 Instance Methods 1273 NSDraggingSession Class Reference 1276 Overview 1276 Tasks 1276 Properties 1277 Instance Methods 1280 Constants 1282 NSDrawer Class Reference 1284 Overview 1284 Tasks 1284 Instance Methods 1287 Constants 1299 Notifications 1301 NSEPSImageRep Class Reference 1303 Overview 1303 Tasks 1303 Class Methods 1304 Instance Methods 1304 NSEvent Class Reference 1307 Overview 1307 Tasks 1308 Class Methods 1314 Instance Methods 1330 Constants 1360 NSFileWrapper Application Kit Additions Reference 1389 Overview 1389 Tasks 1389 Instance Methods 1389 NSFont Class Reference 1392 Overview 1392 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 10 Contents
- 15. Adopted Protocols 1393 Tasks 1393 Class Methods 1399 Instance Methods 1416 Constants 1441 Notifications 1450 NSFontCollection Class Reference 1451 Overview 1451 Tasks 1451 Class Methods 1453 Instance Methods 1458 Constants 1460 Notifications 1464 NSFontDescriptor Class Reference 1465 Overview 1465 Adopted Protocols 1466 Tasks 1466 Class Methods 1467 Instance Methods 1469 Constants 1477 NSFontManager Class Reference 1487 Overview 1487 Tasks 1488 Class Methods 1493 Instance Methods 1494 Delegate Methods 1524 Constants 1525 NSFontPanel Class Reference 1531 Overview 1531 Tasks 1532 Class Methods 1533 Instance Methods 1534 Constants 1538 NSForm Class Reference 1540 Overview 1540 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 11 Contents
- 16. Tasks 1541 Instance Methods 1542 NSFormCell Class Reference 1552 Overview 1552 Tasks 1552 Instance Methods 1554 NSGlyphGenerator Class Reference 1565 Overview 1565 Tasks 1565 Class Methods 1566 Instance Methods 1566 NSGlyphInfo Class Reference 1567 Overview 1567 Adopted Protocols 1567 Tasks 1568 Class Methods 1568 Instance Methods 1570 Constants 1571 NSGradient Class Reference 1573 Overview 1573 Tasks 1574 Instance Methods 1575 Constants 1586 NSGraphicsContext Class Reference 1588 Overview 1588 Tasks 1589 Class Methods 1592 Instance Methods 1597 Constants 1608 NSHelpManager Class Reference 1612 Overview 1612 Tasks 1612 Class Methods 1613 Instance Methods 1615 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 12 Contents
- 17. Notifications 1619 NSImage Class Reference 1621 Overview 1621 Tasks 1622 Class Methods 1629 Instance Methods 1635 Constants 1685 NSImageCell Class Reference 1706 Overview 1706 Tasks 1707 Instance Methods 1707 Constants 1710 NSImageRep Class Reference 1714 Overview 1714 Tasks 1715 Class Methods 1718 Instance Methods 1732 Constants 1746 Notifications 1747 NSImageView Class Reference 1748 Overview 1748 Tasks 1749 Instance Methods 1750 NSLayoutManager Class Reference 1759 Overview 1759 Adopted Protocols 1760 Tasks 1761 Instance Methods 1773 Constants 1870 NSLevelIndicator Class Reference 1874 Overview 1874 Tasks 1875 Instance Methods 1876 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 13 Contents
- 18. NSLevelIndicatorCell Class Reference 1883 Overview 1883 Tasks 1883 Instance Methods 1885 Constants 1893 NSMatrix Class Reference 1894 Overview 1894 Tasks 1895 Instance Methods 1902 Constants 1957 NSMenu Class Reference 1959 Overview 1959 Tasks 1959 Class Methods 1966 Instance Methods 1969 Constants 2001 Notifications 2003 NSMenuItem Class Reference 2006 Overview 2006 Tasks 2007 Class Methods 2012 Instance Methods 2014 NSMenuItemCell Class Reference 2044 Overview 2044 Tasks 2044 Instance Methods 2046 NSMenuView Class Reference 2059 Overview 2059 Tasks 2060 Class Methods 2063 Instance Methods 2064 NSMutableAttributedString Additions Reference 2085 Overview 2085 Tasks 2085 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 14 Contents
- 19. Instance Methods 2087 NSMutableFontCollection Class Reference 2095 Overview 2095 Tasks 2095 Instance Methods 2096 NSMutableParagraphStyle Class Reference 2098 Overview 2098 Tasks 2099 Instance Methods 2101 NSNib Class Reference 2113 Overview 2113 Adopted Protocols 2114 Tasks 2114 Instance Methods 2115 Constants 2118 NSNibConnector Class Reference 2120 Overview 2120 Adopted Protocols 2120 Tasks 2121 Instance Methods 2121 NSNibControlConnector Class Reference 2126 Overview 2126 Tasks 2126 Instance Methods 2126 NSNibOutletConnector Class Reference 2128 Overview 2128 Tasks 2128 Instance Methods 2129 NSObjectController Class Reference 2130 Overview 2130 Tasks 2131 Instance Methods 2134 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 15 Contents
- 20. NSOpenGLContext Class Reference 2152 Overview 2152 Tasks 2153 Class Methods 2155 Instance Methods 2156 Constants 2171 NSOpenGLLayer Class Reference 2174 Overview 2174 Tasks 2174 Properties 2175 Instance Methods 2176 NSOpenGLPixelBuffer Class Reference 2180 Overview 2180 Tasks 2181 Instance Methods 2181 NSOpenGLPixelFormat Class Reference 2187 Overview 2187 Tasks 2188 Instance Methods 2188 Constants 2195 NSOpenGLView Class Reference 2203 Overview 2203 Tasks 2204 Class Methods 2205 Instance Methods 2206 NSOpenPanel Class Reference 2212 Overview 2212 Tasks 2213 Class Methods 2214 Instance Methods 2215 NSOutlineView Class Reference 2226 Overview 2226 Tasks 2227 Instance Methods 2231 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 16 Contents
- 21. Constants 2248 Notifications 2249 NSPageLayout Class Reference 2253 Overview 2253 Tasks 2253 Class Methods 2255 Instance Methods 2255 NSPanel Class Reference 2262 Overview 2262 Tasks 2263 Instance Methods 2263 Constants 2267 NSParagraphStyle Class Reference 2271 Overview 2271 Adopted Protocols 2271 Tasks 2272 Class Methods 2274 Instance Methods 2275 Constants 2285 NSPasteboard Class Reference 2287 Overview 2287 Tasks 2288 Class Methods 2291 Instance Methods 2296 Constants 2314 NSPasteboardItem Class Reference 2324 Overview 2324 Tasks 2325 Instance Methods 2326 NSPathCell Class Reference 2331 Overview 2331 Tasks 2332 Class Methods 2335 Instance Methods 2335 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 17 Contents
- 22. Constants 2347 NSPathComponentCell Class Reference 2349 Overview 2349 Tasks 2349 Instance Methods 2350 NSPathControl Class Reference 2353 Overview 2353 Tasks 2354 Instance Methods 2356 NSPDFImageRep Class Reference 2364 Overview 2364 Tasks 2364 Class Methods 2365 Instance Methods 2366 NSPersistentDocument Class Reference 2369 Overview 2369 Tasks 2370 Instance Methods 2372 NSPICTImageRep Class Reference 2382 Overview 2382 Tasks 2382 Class Methods 2383 Instance Methods 2384 NSPopover Class Reference 2386 Overview 2386 Tasks 2387 Properties 2388 Instance Methods 2391 Constants 2393 Notifications 2396 NSPopUpButton Class Reference 2398 Overview 2398 Tasks 2399 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 18 Contents
- 23. Instance Methods 2402 Notifications 2424 NSPopUpButtonCell Class Reference 2426 Overview 2426 Tasks 2427 Instance Methods 2430 Constants 2459 Notifications 2460 NSPredicateEditor Class Reference 2461 Overview 2461 Tasks 2462 Instance Methods 2462 NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate Class Reference 2464 Overview 2464 Tasks 2465 Class Methods 2467 Instance Methods 2467 NSPrinter Class Reference 2476 Overview 2476 Adopted Protocols 2476 Tasks 2477 Class Methods 2479 Instance Methods 2481 Constants 2492 NSPrintInfo Class Reference 2493 Overview 2493 Tasks 2494 Class Methods 2498 Instance Methods 2500 Constants 2522 NSPrintOperation Class Reference 2532 Overview 2532 Tasks 2533 Class Methods 2537 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 19 Contents
- 24. Instance Methods 2545 Constants 2563 NSPrintPanel Class Reference 2566 Overview 2566 Tasks 2566 Class Methods 2568 Instance Methods 2569 Constants 2580 NSProgressIndicator Class Reference 2583 Overview 2583 Tasks 2584 Instance Methods 2586 Constants 2600 NSResponder Class Reference 2602 Overview 2602 Tasks 2603 Class Methods 2616 Instance Methods 2616 NSRuleEditor Class Reference 2701 Overview 2701 Tasks 2702 Instance Methods 2705 Constants 2727 Notifications 2731 NSRulerMarker Class Objective-C Reference 2733 Overview 2733 Adopted Protocols 2733 Tasks 2734 Instance Methods 2735 NSRulerView Class Reference 2748 Class at a Glance 2748 Overview 2749 Tasks 2749 Class Methods 2754 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 20 Contents
- 25. Instance Methods 2755 Delegate Methods 2770 Constants 2775 NSRunningApplication Class Reference 2776 Overview 2776 Tasks 2777 Properties 2778 Class Methods 2784 Instance Methods 2786 Constants 2789 NSSavePanel Class Reference 2792 Overview 2792 Tasks 2793 Class Methods 2797 Instance Methods 2797 Delegate Methods 2824 Constants 2827 NSScreen Class Reference 2829 Overview 2829 Tasks 2830 Class Methods 2831 Instance Methods 2833 Notifications 2839 NSScroller Class Reference 2840 Overview 2840 Tasks 2841 Class Methods 2844 Instance Methods 2847 Constants 2860 Notifications 2864 NSScrollView Class Reference 2865 Overview 2865 Tasks 2866 Class Methods 2872 Instance Methods 2877 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 21 Contents
- 26. Constants 2911 NSSearchField Class Reference 2913 Overview 2913 Tasks 2914 Instance Methods 2914 NSSearchFieldCell Class Reference 2917 Overview 2917 Tasks 2918 Instance Methods 2919 Constants 2930 NSSecureTextField Class Reference 2932 Overview 2932 NSSecureTextFieldCell Class Reference 2933 Overview 2933 Tasks 2933 Instance Methods 2934 NSSegmentedCell Class Reference 2935 Overview 2935 Tasks 2935 Instance Methods 2938 Constants 2954 NSSegmentedControl Class Reference 2956 Overview 2956 Tasks 2957 Instance Methods 2959 Constants 2971 NSShadow Class Reference 2973 Overview 2973 Adopted Protocols 2974 Tasks 2974 Instance Methods 2975 NSSlider Class Reference 2980 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 22 Contents
- 27. Overview 2980 Tasks 2981 Instance Methods 2983 NSSliderCell Class Reference 3000 Overview 3000 Tasks 3001 Class Methods 3004 Instance Methods 3004 Constants 3021 NSSound Class Reference 3023 Overview 3023 Tasks 3024 Class Methods 3026 Instance Methods 3029 Constants 3041 NSSpeechRecognizer Class Reference 3042 Overview 3042 Tasks 3043 Instance Methods 3044 NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference 3050 Overview 3050 Tasks 3051 Class Methods 3054 Instance Methods 3055 Constants 3068 NSSpellChecker Class Reference 3085 Overview 3085 Tasks 3085 Class Methods 3089 Instance Methods 3091 Constants 3116 Notifications 3120 NSSplitView Class Reference 3121 Overview 3121 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 23 Contents
- 28. Tasks 3122 Instance Methods 3123 Constants 3133 Notifications 3134 NSStatusBar Class Reference 3136 Overview 3136 Tasks 3136 Class Methods 3137 Instance Methods 3138 Constants 3140 NSStatusItem Class Reference 3141 Overview 3141 Tasks 3141 Instance Methods 3144 NSStepper Class Reference 3158 Overview 3158 Tasks 3159 Instance Methods 3159 NSStepperCell Class Reference 3165 Overview 3165 Tasks 3165 Instance Methods 3166 NSString Application Kit Additions Reference 3172 Overview 3172 Tasks 3172 Instance Methods 3173 Constants 3177 NSTableCellView Class Reference 3179 Overview 3179 Tasks 3180 Properties 3180 NSTableColumn Class Reference 3184 Overview 3184 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 24 Contents
- 29. Adopted Protocols 3184 Tasks 3185 Instance Methods 3188 Constants 3202 NSTableHeaderCell Class Reference 3203 Overview 3203 Tasks 3203 Instance Methods 3204 NSTableHeaderView Class Reference 3206 Overview 3206 Tasks 3206 Instance Methods 3207 NSTableRowView Class Reference 3211 Overview 3211 Tasks 3211 Properties 3213 Instance Methods 3217 NSTableView Class Reference 3221 Overview 3221 Tasks 3222 Instance Methods 3234 Delegate Methods 3319 Constants 3320 Notifications 3329 NSTabView Class Reference 3331 Overview 3332 Tasks 3332 Instance Methods 3335 Constants 3353 NSTabViewItem Class Reference 3356 Overview 3356 Tasks 3356 Instance Methods 3358 Constants 3366 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 25 Contents
- 30. NSText Class Reference 3368 Class at a Glance 3368 Overview 3369 Adopted Protocols 3369 Tasks 3370 Instance Methods 3376 Constants 3411 Notifications 3417 NSTextAttachment Class Reference 3419 Overview 3419 Adopted Protocols 3419 Tasks 3420 Instance Methods 3420 Constants 3423 NSTextAttachmentCell Class Reference 3425 Overview 3425 Adopted Protocols 3425 NSTextBlock Class Reference 3427 Overview 3427 Tasks 3427 Instance Methods 3429 Constants 3441 NSTextContainer Class Reference 3446 Overview 3446 Tasks 3446 Instance Methods 3448 Constants 3459 NSTextField Class Reference 3462 Overview 3462 Tasks 3463 Instance Methods 3466 NSTextFieldCell Class Reference 3485 Overview 3485 Tasks 3486 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 26 Contents
- 31. Instance Methods 3487 Constants 3496 NSTextFinder Class Reference 3497 Overview 3497 Tasks 3503 Properties 3505 Class Methods 3507 Instance Methods 3508 Constants 3511 NSTextInputContext Class Reference 3516 Overview 3516 Tasks 3516 Properties 3517 Class Methods 3519 Instance Methods 3520 Notifications 3523 NSTextList Class Reference 3524 Overview 3524 Tasks 3525 Instance Methods 3525 Constants 3529 NSTextStorage Class Reference 3530 Overview 3530 Tasks 3531 Instance Methods 3533 Constants 3545 Notifications 3546 NSTextTab Class Reference 3547 Overview 3547 Adopted Protocols 3547 Tasks 3548 Instance Methods 3548 Constants 3551 NSTextTable Class Reference 3553 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 27 Contents
- 32. Overview 3553 Tasks 3553 Instance Methods 3555 Constants 3561 NSTextTableBlock Class Reference 3563 Overview 3563 Tasks 3563 Instance Methods 3564 NSTextView Class Reference 3568 Overview 3569 Tasks 3569 Class Methods 3585 Instance Methods 3585 Constants 3700 Notifications 3705 NSTokenField Class Reference 3707 Overview 3707 Tasks 3708 Class Methods 3709 Instance Methods 3710 NSTokenFieldCell Class Reference 3714 Overview 3714 Tasks 3714 Class Methods 3715 Instance Methods 3716 Constants 3720 NSToolbar Class Reference 3722 Overview 3722 Tasks 3723 Instance Methods 3725 Constants 3740 Notifications 3741 NSToolbarItem Class Reference 3743 Overview 3743 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 28 Contents
- 33. Adopted Protocols 3743 Tasks 3744 Instance Methods 3746 Constants 3764 NSToolbarItemGroup Class Reference 3768 Overview 3768 Tasks 3769 Instance Methods 3769 NSTouch Class Reference 3771 Overview 3771 Tasks 3771 Properties 3772 Constants 3774 NSTrackingArea Class Reference 3777 Overview 3777 Adopted Protocols 3778 Tasks 3778 Instance Methods 3779 Constants 3782 NSTreeController Class Reference 3786 Overview 3786 Adopted Protocols 3787 Tasks 3787 Instance Methods 3791 NSTreeNode Class Reference 3812 Overview 3812 Tasks 3812 Class Methods 3813 Instance Methods 3814 NSTypesetter Class Reference 3818 Overview 3818 Tasks 3820 Class Methods 3825 Instance Methods 3827 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 29 Contents
- 34. Constants 3862 NSURL Additions Reference 3864 Overview 3864 Tasks 3864 Class Methods 3864 Instance Methods 3865 NSUserDefaultsController Class Reference 3866 Overview 3866 Tasks 3866 Class Methods 3868 Instance Methods 3868 NSView Class Reference 3874 Class at a Glance 3874 Overview 3875 Tasks 3876 Class Methods 3898 Instance Methods 3899 Constants 4062 Notifications 4070 NSViewAnimation Class Reference 4074 Overview 4074 Tasks 4075 Instance Methods 4075 Constants 4077 NSViewController Class Reference 4080 Overview 4080 Tasks 4081 Instance Methods 4082 NSWindow Class Reference 4091 Overview 4091 Tasks 4092 Class Methods 4114 Instance Methods 4119 Constants 4270 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 30 Contents
- 35. Notifications 4286 NSWindowController Class Reference 4296 Overview 4296 Adopted Protocols 4298 Tasks 4298 Instance Methods 4300 NSWorkspace Class Reference 4316 Overview 4316 Tasks 4317 Class Methods 4322 Instance Methods 4323 Constants 4360 Notifications 4370 Protocols 4378 NSAccessibility Protocol Reference 4379 Overview 4379 Tasks 4380 Instance Methods 4381 Constants 4392 NSAlertDelegate Protocol Reference 4440 Overview 4440 Tasks 4440 Instance Methods 4440 NSAnimatablePropertyContainer Protocol Reference 4442 Overview 4442 Tasks 4443 Class Methods 4443 Instance Methods 4444 Constants 4447 NSAnimationDelegate Protocol Reference 4449 Overview 4449 Tasks 4449 Instance Methods 4450 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 31 Contents
- 36. NSApplicationDelegate Protocol Reference 4454 Overview 4454 Tasks 4455 Instance Methods 4458 NSBrowserDelegate Protocol Reference 4481 Overview 4481 Tasks 4481 Instance Methods 4484 NSChangeSpelling Protocol Reference 4511 Overview 4511 Tasks 4511 Instance Methods 4511 NSCollectionViewDelegate Protocol Reference 4513 Overview 4513 Tasks 4513 Instance Methods 4514 NSColorPickingCustom Protocol Reference 4520 Overview 4520 Tasks 4520 Instance Methods 4521 NSColorPickingDefault Protocol Reference 4524 Overview 4524 Tasks 4524 Instance Methods 4525 NSComboBoxCellDataSource Protocol Reference 4532 Overview 4532 Tasks 4532 Instance Methods 4533 NSComboBoxDataSource Protocol Reference 4537 Overview 4537 Tasks 4537 Instance Methods 4538 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 32 Contents
- 37. NSComboBoxDelegate Protocol Reference 4542 Overview 4542 Tasks 4542 Instance Methods 4543 NSControlTextEditingDelegate Protocol Reference 4545 Overview 4545 Tasks 4545 Instance Methods 4546 NSDatePickerCellDelegate Protocol Reference 4553 Overview 4553 Tasks 4553 Instance Methods 4553 NSDictionaryControllerKeyValuePair Protocol Reference 4555 Overview 4555 Tasks 4555 Instance Methods 4556 NSDockTilePlugIn Protocol Reference 4560 Overview 4560 Tasks 4560 Instance Methods 4561 NSDraggingDestination Protocol Reference 4562 Overview 4562 Tasks 4562 Instance Methods 4563 NSDraggingInfo Protocol Reference 4571 Overview 4571 Tasks 4571 Properties 4573 Instance Methods 4575 Constants 4582 NSDraggingSource Protocol Reference 4587 Overview 4587 Tasks 4587 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 33 Contents
- 38. Instance Methods 4589 NSDrawerDelegate Protocol Reference 4597 Overview 4597 Tasks 4597 Instance Methods 4598 NSEditor Protocol Reference 4602 Overview 4602 Tasks 4602 Instance Methods 4603 NSEditorRegistration Protocol Reference 4606 Overview 4606 Tasks 4606 Instance Methods 4607 NSFontPanelValidation Protocol Reference 4608 Overview 4608 Tasks 4608 Instance Methods 4608 Constants 4609 NSGlyphStorage Protocol Reference 4612 Overview 4612 Tasks 4612 Instance Methods 4613 Constants 4615 NSIgnoreMisspelledWords Protocol Reference 4616 Overview 4616 Tasks 4617 Instance Methods 4617 NSImageDelegate Protocol Reference 4618 Overview 4618 Tasks 4618 Instance Methods 4619 NSKeyValueBindingCreation Protocol Reference 4623 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 34 Contents
- 39. Overview 4623 Tasks 4624 Class Methods 4624 Instance Methods 4625 Constants 4629 NSLayoutManagerDelegate Protocol Reference 4645 Overview 4645 Tasks 4645 Instance Methods 4646 NSMatrixDelegate Protocol Reference 4649 Overview 4649 NSMenuDelegate Protocol Reference 4650 Overview 4650 Tasks 4650 Instance Methods 4651 NSMenuValidation Protocol Reference 4658 Overview 4658 Tasks 4658 Instance Methods 4658 NSNibAwaking Protocol Reference 4660 Overview 4660 Tasks 4660 Instance Methods 4660 NSOpenSavePanelDelegate Protocol Reference 4663 Overview 4663 Tasks 4663 Instance Methods 4664 NSOutlineViewDataSource Protocol Reference 4668 Overview 4668 Tasks 4669 Instance Methods 4670 NSOutlineViewDelegate Protocol Reference 4680 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 35 Contents
- 40. Overview 4680 Tasks 4681 Instance Methods 4683 NSPasteboardItemDataProvider Protocol Reference 4700 Overview 4700 Tasks 4700 Instance Methods 4701 NSPasteboardReading Protocol Reference 4703 Overview 4703 Tasks 4703 Class Methods 4704 Instance Methods 4705 Constants 4706 NSPasteboardWriting Protocol Reference 4708 Overview 4708 Tasks 4708 Instance Methods 4709 Constants 4711 NSPathCellDelegate Protocol Reference 4712 Overview 4712 Tasks 4712 Instance Methods 4713 NSPathControlDelegate Protocol Reference 4715 Overview 4715 Tasks 4715 Instance Methods 4716 NSPlaceholders Protocol Reference 4720 Overview 4720 Tasks 4720 Class Methods 4721 Constants 4722 NSPopoverDelegate Protocol Reference 4723 Overview 4723 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 36 Contents
- 41. Tasks 4723 Instance Methods 4724 NSPrintPanelAccessorizing Protocol Reference 4728 Overview 4728 Tasks 4728 Instance Methods 4729 Constants 4730 NSRuleEditorDelegate Protocol Reference 4732 Overview 4732 Tasks 4732 Instance Methods 4733 NSServicesRequests Protocol Reference 4737 Overview 4737 Tasks 4737 Instance Methods 4737 NSSoundDelegate Protocol Reference 4740 Overview 4740 Tasks 4740 Instance Methods 4740 NSSpeechRecognizerDelegate Protocol Reference 4742 Overview 4742 Tasks 4742 Instance Methods 4742 NSSpeechSynthesizerDelegate Protocol Reference 4744 Overview 4744 Tasks 4744 Instance Methods 4745 NSSplitViewDelegate Protocol Reference 4749 Overview 4749 Tasks 4749 Instance Methods 4750 NSTableViewDataSource Protocol Reference 4761 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 37 Contents
- 42. Overview 4761 Tasks 4762 Instance Methods 4763 NSTableViewDelegate Protocol Reference 4773 Overview 4773 Tasks 4773 Instance Methods 4776 NSTabViewDelegate Protocol Reference 4797 Overview 4797 Tasks 4797 Instance Methods 4798 NSTextAttachmentCell Protocol Reference 4801 Overview 4801 Tasks 4801 Instance Methods 4803 NSTextDelegate Protocol Reference 4810 Overview 4810 Tasks 4810 Instance Methods 4811 NSTextFieldDelegate Protocol Reference 4814 Overview 4814 NSTextFinderBarContainer Protocol Reference 4815 Overview 4815 Tasks 4815 Properties 4816 Instance Methods 4817 NSTextFinderClient Protocol Reference 4818 Overview 4818 Tasks 4818 Properties 4820 Instance Methods 4823 NSTextInput Protocol Reference 4828 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 38 Contents
- 43. Overview 4828 Tasks 4829 Instance Methods 4830 NSTextInputClient Protocol Reference 4837 Overview 4837 Tasks 4837 Instance Methods 4839 NSTextLayoutOrientationProvider Protocol Reference 4849 Overview 4849 Tasks 4849 Instance Methods 4850 NSTextViewDelegate Protocol Reference 4851 Overview 4851 Tasks 4851 Instance Methods 4854 NSTokenFieldCellDelegate Protocol Reference 4874 Overview 4874 Tasks 4874 Instance Methods 4875 NSTokenFieldDelegate Protocol Reference 4884 Overview 4884 Tasks 4884 Instance Methods 4885 NSToolbarDelegate Protocol Reference 4893 Overview 4893 Tasks 4893 Instance Methods 4894 NSToolbarItemValidation Protocol Reference 4899 Overview 4899 Tasks 4899 Instance Methods 4899 NSToolTipOwner Protocol Reference 4901 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 39 Contents
- 44. Overview 4901 Tasks 4901 Instance Methods 4901 NSUserInterfaceItemIdentification Protocol Reference 4903 Overview 4903 Tasks 4903 Properties 4903 NSUserInterfaceItemSearching Protocol Reference 4905 Overview 4905 Tasks 4905 Instance Methods 4906 NSUserInterfaceValidations Protocol Reference 4909 Overview 4909 Tasks 4909 Instance Methods 4909 NSValidatedUserInterfaceItem Protocol Reference 4911 Overview 4911 Tasks 4911 Instance Methods 4912 NSWindowDelegate Protocol Reference 4913 Overview 4913 Tasks 4913 Instance Methods 4918 NSWindowRestoration Protocol Reference 4947 Overview 4947 Tasks 4947 Class Methods 4948 NSWindowScripting Protocol Reference 4950 Overview 4950 Tasks 4950 Instance Methods 4952 Functions 4958 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 40 Contents
- 45. Application Kit Functions Reference 4959 Overview 4959 Functions by Task 4959 Functions 4966 Data Types 5027 Application Kit Data Types Reference 5028 Overview 5028 Data Types 5028 Constants 5037 Application Kit Constants Reference 5038 Overview 5038 Constants 5038 Document Revision History 5050 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 41 Contents
- 46. Figures, Tables, and Listings The Application Kit 44 Figure I-1 Cocoa Objective-C Class Hierarchy for Application Kit 50 NSAlert Class Reference 76 Figure 5-1 Alert dialog with an accessory view 91 Figure 5-2 Alert dialog with a suppression checkbox 96 Listing 5-1 Adding an accessory view to an alert 90 Listing 5-2 Creating an alert with a suppression checkbox 96 NSBezierPath Class Reference 347 Figure 13-1 Line cap styles 363 Figure 13-2 Line join styles 364 NSGradient Class Reference 1573 Table 62-1 Linear gradient starting points. 1579 NSImage Class Reference 1621 Table 65-1 Default pasteboard types for image representations 1660 Table 65-2 Placeholder values for compositing equations 1689 NSLevelIndicator Class Reference 1874 Figure 70-1 Major and minor tick marks in a level indicator 1880 NSSegmentedControl Class Reference 2956 Figure 127-1 NSSegmentStyle examples 2968 NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference 3050 Figure 133-1 Speech feedback window 3051 Listing 133-1 Identifiers of the Mac OS X system voices 3070 NSSpellChecker Class Reference 3085 Listing 134-1 Specifying the spell checker language 3108 NSWindow Class Reference 4091 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 42
- 47. Table 179-1 Title bar document icon display 4203 NSWorkspace Class Reference 4316 Table 181-1 userInfo dictionary keys for activeApplication and launchedApplications and notifications for application launch and termination. 4361 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 43 Figures, Tables, and Listings
- 48. Framework /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework Header file directories /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Headers Declared in AppKitErrors.h NSATSTypesetter.h NSAccessibility.h NSActionCell.h NSAffineTransform.h NSAlert.h NSAnimation.h NSAnimationContext.h NSAppleScriptExtensions.h NSApplication.h NSApplicationScripting.h NSArrayController.h NSAttributedString.h NSBezierPath.h NSBitmapImageRep.h NSBox.h NSBrowser.h NSBrowserCell.h NSButton.h NSButtonCell.h NSCIImageRep.h NSCachedImageRep.h NSCell.h NSClipView.h NSCollectionView.h NSColor.h NSColorList.h NSColorPanel.h NSColorPicker.h 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 44
- 53. NSUserInterfaceItemSearching.h NSUserInterfaceValidation.h NSView.h NSViewController.h NSWindow.h NSWindowController.h NSWindowRestoration.h NSWindowScripting.h NSWorkspace.h Introduction The Application Kit is a framework containing all the objects you need to implement your graphical, event-driven user interface: windows, panels, buttons, menus, scrollers, and text fields. The Application Kit handles all the details for you as it efficiently draws on the screen, communicates with hardware devices and screen buffers, clears areas of the screen before drawing, and clips views. The number of classes in the Application Kit may seem daunting at first. However, most Application Kit classes are support classes that you use indirectly. You also have the choice at which level you use the Application Kit: ● Use Interface Builder to create connections from user interface objects to your application objects. In this case, all you need to do is implement your application classes—implement those action and delegate methods. For example, implement the method that is invoked when the user selects a menu item. ● Control the user interface programmatically, which requires more familiarity with Application Kit classes and protocols. For example, allowing the user to drag an icon from one window to another requires some programming and familiarity with the NSDragging... protocols. ● Implement your own objects by subclassing NSView or other classes. When subclassing NSView you write your own drawing methods using graphics functions. Subclassing requires a deeper understanding of how the Application Kit works. To learn more about the Application Kit, review the NSApplication, NSWindow, and NSView class specifications, paying close attention to delegate methods. For a deeper understanding of how the Application Kit works, see the specifications for NSResponder and NSRunLoop (NSRunLoop is in the Foundation framework). Introduction 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 49
- 54. Application Kit Classes and Protocols The Application Kit is large; it comprises more than 125 classes and protocols. The classes all descend from the Foundation framework’s NSObject class (see Figure I-1 (page 50)). The following sections briefly describe some of the topics that the Application Kit addresses through its classes and protocols. Figure I-1 Cocoa Objective-C Class Hierarchy for Application Kit Text Fonts User Interface NSBox NSClipView NSControl NSCollectionView NSText NSMenuView NSMovieView NSOpenGLView NSProgressIndicator NSQuickDrawView NSRulerView NSScrollView NSSplitView NSTabView NSTableHeaderView NSActionCell NSBrowserCell NSImageCell NSTreeNode NSTextAttachmentCell NSPathComponentCell NSSearchFieldCell NSComboBoxCell NSSecureTextFieldCell NSButtonCell NSFormCell NSPathCell NSSegmentedCell NSSliderCell NSStepperCell NSTextFieldCell NSView NSWindowController NSViewController NSWindow NSApplication NSDrawer NSMenuItemCell NSDictionaryController NSPopUpButtonCell NSPopUpButton NSForm NSPredicateEditor NSTextView NSTypesetter NSATSTypesetter NSParagraphStyle NSMutableParagraphStyle NSMutableAttributedString* NSTextStorage NSTextTab NSTextContainer NSLayoutManager NSTextAttachment NSAttributedString* NSRunningApplication NSCell NSRulerMarker NSResponder NSBrowser NSButton NSColorWell NSImageView NSPathControl NSMatrix NSRuleEditor NSTableHeaderCell NSOpenPanel NSColorPanel NSFontPanel NSSavePanel NSPanel NSArrayController NSFontManager NSFont NSFontDescriptor NSObject* *Class defined in the Foundation framework NSToolbarItemGroup NSStatusBar NSStatusItem NSToolbar NSToolbarItem NSTableColumn NSTabViewItem NSTouch NSTrackingArea NSTextList NSGlyphGenerator NSGlyphInfo NSMenuItem NSMenu NSDockTile NSEvent NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate NSCollectionViewItem NSAlert NSTextBlock NSTextTable NSTextTableBlock NSSecureTextField NSScroller NSSegmentedControl NSSlider NSStepper NSTableView NSTextField NSOutlineView NSSearchField NSComboBox Cocoa Bindings NSController NSObjectController NSUserDefaultsController NSTreeController Application Kit Classes and Protocols 2011-08-17 | © 1997, 2011 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 50
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- 56. "O mama! then can he see again?" "No, my dear. It was not written by him, but only at his dictation. There is a good deal of reason in what he says, but it is all so unexpected." "What is it, mama?" "He asks if I will shut up the Hermitage for the winter, and come with you all and stay at the Crag." "O mama! Why?" "To keep him company, he says. To cheer him up. To make a little life about the old house for a poor blind man." "But, mama, he isn't going to be blind, is he?" cried Esther, distressed. "I hope not indeed, dear. He has seen the oculist again, and hopes are held out—strong hopes, he says—that he will recover the sight of one eye, at least. But recovery will be slow, and it must not be forced, or he may lose his sight altogether. For the next few months he will have to be content to use other people's eyes more than his own. Of course that is much better than being always blind. But the poor man feels it a good deal, one can see." "And he wants us to go and stay with him?" "That is what he asks—to stay for the winter months, and see how we get on. As he says, he is very dependent upon Mr. Earle, and it would be much more convenient if the boys were living in his house, so that the lessons could be given there; and then, as he cannot read or study or employ himself as he has been used to do, a silent house, with nobody to speak to for the greater part of the day, would be very dreary for him. He says that he has no kinsfolk except ourselves. Your father was the last blood relation of whom he knows anything, and he seems to feel that we belong to him in a certain sort of way. What do you think about it, Esther, my dear? Do you think we ought to go?" Esther's face was quite flushed and eager. "O mama, if we can help him, I think we ought!"
- 57. "He says we might bring Genefer as my maid, and make any arrangements we liked about the other servants, and he would see that the house and garden here were properly cared for. Of course, it would be a great saving of trouble and expense in a way, but it would not be quite like living at home. Mr. Trelawny would be the master, and we should all have to keep his rules. But that might be a good thing for the boys. I sometimes think they want a stronger hand over them." "I think it would be a very good plan," said Esther; "they are getting so much better, and they are fond of Mr. Trelawny. He would make them obey, and they would like it. They always obey Mr. Earle now, and they like him better than anybody almost." "It would be more the sort of life they have been accustomed to—a big house and a man's authority," said Mrs. St. Aiden reflectively. "And Mr. Trelawny is a sort of guardian to you, and has been a most kind friend to me since your father died. We must not forget that. He asks it as a favor to himself. You can read the letter if you like." Esther did so, and looked up with the sparkle of tears in her eyes. "O mama, you will go, won't you?" "I suppose so, dear, if you like the plan, and think you could all be happy there. As he says, it is a big house, and we should have our own rooms, and the boys' noise need not trouble him more than he cares about. I don't think their father would mind. After all, it is only a long visit. He only asks us just for the winter months." "He wants us to go as soon as we can," said Esther. "Yes, you see he feels his blindness so much, and a merry houseful about him would cheer him up. Well, dear, would you like to run up and tell him that we will try the experiment? It will save me the trouble of writing, and I think he will like to hear it from your lips. And Mr. Trelawny is always in a hurry to carry out his plans." Esther smiled a little at that. She knew very well that Mr. Trelawny never waited an hour if he could help it. It was his impatience of delay that had caused the accident which had partly destroyed his sight, and might have caused his death.
- 58. "I should like to go, mama, if you like me to. I have done my lessons for to-day. The boys are having their navigation. I don't do that with them." "Well, then, run off, dear, with the answer. I don't see how we could refuse. And I always think that this house in the winter is just a little damp. I shall be glad to be out of it before the fall of the leaf." Esther had her hat in her hand, and was soon on her way to the Crag. How strange to think that before long she might be actually an inmate of that house! And how much stranger still that she was not a bit afraid of the prospect! It was a beautiful afternoon—as warm as summer; and when Esther approached the house, she gave a little jump of surprise, for there was Mr. Trelawny lying on a couch on the terrace, his eyes still bandaged up so that he could see nothing, but at least he could breathe the fresh wind blowing softly off the sea, and Esther knew how he would like that. She ran forward, forgetting all about her old shyness. "O Mr. Trelawny, how nice for you to be out of doors!" "Ha! is that my little Goldylocks?" said the invalid, stretching out the hand he could use. "So you have found your way up to the old blind man, have you? I suppose you have not brought me any letter from your mother yet. That would be too soon." Esther clasped her two hands around that of Mr. Trelawny, and said,— "Mama said I might run up and tell you. She has got your letter, and we think it so kind of you. We should like very much to come and pay you a nice long visit, if you don't think we shall be in your way." His strong fingers closed over her little hands in a tight grip; she could see that his mouth was smiling, and that there was pleasure in every line of his face. "Is that so, little woman? Have you taken counsel together over the blind man's request? Of course your mother would not settle anything so important without the leave of the 'little manager.'"
- 59. Esther did not mind being teased now, not one bit. She gave a little soft laugh as she answered,— "We think it would be a very nice plan, if you like it too. I know the boys will be just delighted. They think this is the very nicest house in the whole place, and I think it will suit mama. She will enjoy this nice sunny terrace in fine weather, and the view of the sea. We can't see a bit of the sea from our house." "And will somebody else enjoy it too?" asked Mr. Trelawny. "What about my little Goldylocks herself?" "Oh, I shall like it!" answered Esther softly, stroking the hand she held. "I think it is beautiful up here, and I like being useful. Do you think I can be useful to you, Uncle Robert, if I come?" "I mean to make you very useful, little woman," he said. "It was partly for that reason I thought out the plan. I want a little niece or granddaughter of my own to wait upon me and take care of me. As I haven't got one quite of my own, I have to do the next best thing, and try to steal one who will do instead." A little while ago Esther would have shaken in her shoes at the notion of being stolen by Mr. Trelawny, but now she listened to these words with only a little thrill of pleasure. "I should like to be your little granddaughter," she said. "You must tell me what you want me to do." He drew her down beside him on the couch, and passed his hand over her head. "You will have to learn how to be eyes for me, for a little while at any rate, Goldylocks, and to do the same for me that the dog does for the blind man—lead me about, and take care that I don't fall. Will that be a great nuisance, little woman?" "Oh no! I like taking care of people," answered Esther earnestly; "only I am so sorry you want taking care of at all. But it won't be for very long. You will be able to see again soon, won't you?" "I hope so, my little maid, I hope so. They give me good words when I ask the question myself. But they all tell me I must be patient —be patient; and, Esther, though I am an old man, and ought to have
- 60. learned that lesson long ago, I find that I have not done so. I find it harder to be patient than anything else in the world, and it is harder to learn lessons when we are old than when we are young. Hallo! hallo!—what's this?" This exclamation was caused by Mr. Trelawny's becoming aware of something warm and damp dropping upon his hand. Esther hastily dashed the drops from her eyes, but her old friend knew whence they had come, and something like a quiver passed over his face. "Child, child, you must not cry," he said. "I was only wishing I could be blind instead of you for a little while," said Esther, with a little catch in her voice. Her hands were held very closely by Mr. Trelawny's strong fingers; his voice was not a bit gruff as he answered,— "I believe you, my dear, I believe you. You are like your father, and he was the most unselfish man I ever knew. I believe you would give me the eyes out of your head if you had power to do it; and as you have not that, you must learn to use them for my benefit, and I shall expect them to see a great deal. Tell me what you see now." Esther looked round and scarcely knew where to begin, but she was thinking too much of Mr. Trelawny to be self-conscious, and soon she was telling him just how the sea looked, with the great burning track of yellow light across it, as the sun slowly sank; and how big and golden-red the sun grew as it drew near to the horizon; and how the little fishing boats were all coming home; and in which direction the clouds were sailing; and how the white-winged seagulls were fishing in the bay, and wheeling round and round, calling to each other with their strange, mournful cries. It was very interesting, she thought, to try to make somebody else see it all; and Mr. Trelawny evidently could, for he sometimes interrupted to tell her things she had not noticed herself, so that she often looked quickly at him to make sure that he really was not "peeping." For she knew he must not try to use his eyes yet, even though he might be able to see by and by with one of them at any rate.
- 61. "If the sun is dipping, you must run home, childie," he said at last. "Run home and tell your mother that I am very grateful to her for humoring a blind man's fancy, and that the sooner she and her tribe can come and take possession, the better he will be pleased." "I will tell her," answered Esther. "I think we could come quite soon. There will not be so very much to do, and if we should leave anything behind, we can easily fetch it away afterwards. I will talk to Genefer about that. She and I will do the packing, you know." "Of course, of course; the 'little manager' will manage all that. I shall soon be managed out of house and home, I expect. What a wide field the Crag will give to such an enterprising little woman!" "You are teasing me now," said Esther, laughing, and bending down she kissed him on the lips, and then talking her hat, ran lightly down the hill towards home, a very warm feeling in her heart towards the redoubtable owner, who had once been the very terror of her life. Half-way down she encountered the boys, who were running to meet her, brimful of excitement. "O Essie! Essie! is it true?" "Are we going to live up there?" "Did he really ask us too? Oh, won't it be jolly? Won't it be scrumptious? Aunt Saint said you'd gone to settle it all. Do say that it's all settled now." "Yes, quite," answered Esther; "Mr. Trelawny wants us to go as soon as ever we can. He says the house seems so empty and lonely now that he can't read or go about or amuse himself as he used to do. And he wants Mr. Earle so much more now; that is another reason. You must be very good and nice, boys, and not give trouble. We mustn't worry him now that he's ill." "We won't," cried Pickle earnestly. "We'll be as good as gold. I mean, we'll try to be as good as we can.—Won't we, Puck?" "We will," answered that young man solemnly. "I should like Mr. Trelawny to like us. Perhaps, then, he'll let us stay always. I mean till Crump—no, till father comes back or we go to school. I don't like it
- 62. when Mr. Earle is angry with us, and I don't want Uncle Bob to be either." "I think it'll be awfully nice," said Pickle, as they wended their way home again through the wood. "I shall try and help Uncle Bob too. Aunt Saint said he wanted you, Essie, because you would be like a pair of eyes to him. I know why he thought that. You're always doing kind things for other people, and you don't care about yourself if other people are happy. I just know if I were to be ill, I should like to have you come and see me and sit with me. It can't be just because you're a girl, for that Pretty Polly is a girl, and she thinks herself very good too, but I'd sooner have a toad come to sit with me than her." "O Pickle, don't talk like that!" "I'd twice as soon have the toad," cried Puck; "toads are nice things, and they have such funny eyes—like precious stones. She's just a prig, and I can't abide her. We won't ever ask her up to play at the Crag. I shall tell Uncle Bob about her, and he won't let her come then." "That would be unkind," said Esther gently. "I don't think we ought to be unkind to Prissy. She tries to be very good, you know, and she is always obedient." Pickle and Puck were silent for a minute. They had been thinking, very seriously for them, about obedience of late. They had recognized their own failure, and had been sorry for it. In the old days they had taken this matter too lightly, but they were learning better now. "Well," said Puck at length, "she may be obedient, but she's nasty too. You're obedient and nice, Essie. I like you. But if you say we've got to ask Prissy, we will; only I hope Uncle Bob will laugh the priggishness out of her if she comes." Great excitement reigned in the little house during the next days, for there seemed no reason to postpone the arrangement if it were really to be carried out. Esther and Genefer were busy putting away household things, and packing up personal belongings. The boys flitted hither and thither, helping and hindering, and made daily excursions to the Crag to get news of Mr. Trelawny, and tell him how they were getting on.
- 63. Lessons were not to be recommenced till the party got up to their new quarters, and the cart came daily to fetch away boxes that were ready for removing. Milly and Bertie were rather sorrowful at the thought of losing their playmates, but Puck brought good news from the Crag. "Uncle Bob says you may come up every Saturday afternoon and play with us. He doesn't think we shall go sailing in the Swan very often now, because the sea gets rough in the winter; but there are no end of jolly things to do up there, and Uncle Bob says we may have you up whenever you can come on Saturdays. Esther can ask Prissy too, if she wants her, but you are our friends. Prissy never cares to play with us." This was delightful news, for the Crag had never, been anything but a mysterious region of wonders to the rectory children. Mr. Trelawny had sometimes asked the parents to send them; but Mrs. Polperran did not entirely approve of Mr. Trelawny, and she was half afraid lest some harm should come to her brood through his love of practical joking. It was very exciting to think of visiting there now, and seeing all the strange things that were said to exist in that house. "Is he really a magician or a wizard?" asked Milly with bated breath. "I don't believe he is," answered Pickle. "I believe he's just a nice, jolly old gentleman; only he's very clever, and people don't understand, and call him names. I don't believe there are any magicians left now. I believe he's just the same as other people." "But the pickled skeletons in the tanks," urged Milly. "I don't believe there are any really," answered Puck, with a note of regret in his voice; "I don't think he pickles anything except specimens that go into bottles. We shall find out all about it when we go to live there. But I don't believe he's a bit of a magician, and Essie doesn't think so either. She isn't a bit afraid of him now." The day for the flitting arrived in due course, and the carriage and a last cart were sent down to the Hermitage to convey Mrs. St. Aiden and her belongings. Genefer remained behind to shut up the house, and the boys preferred to climb the hill by the path through the
- 64. wood. But Esther drove up with her mother by the zigzag road, and as the great easy carriage rolled smoothly along, Mrs. St. Aiden said with a little sigh,— "We must persuade your Uncle Robert to go driving with us, Esther. He is one of those men who have never cared to drive, but it would do him good, I am sure. This is a most comfortable carriage. It will be delightful to have the use of it, and I am sure it will do him good to get out as much as possible." "I dare say he would drive with you, mama," answered Esther. "We will try to coax him. But I don't think anybody would care very much about driving all alone." Mr. Trelawny was standing in the hall to welcome them. He had a stick in his hand, but he laid it down and drew Esther towards him and kissed her. "You will be a substitute for that now, my little maid," he said. "We are going to have some good times together, are we not?" The boys came rushing in at this moment, helter-skelter, bringing an atmosphere of life and jollity with them. "Uncle Bob!" cried Puck, rushing up and seizing his hand, almost gasping and choking in his eagerness and excitement, "we've thought of such a plan for you. We'll do lessons by ourselves for a little while, and Mr. Earle shall make you an electric eye to see with, till your own gets quite well."
- 65. CHAPTER XII. A NEW CHARGE. Esther found out very soon that Mr. Trelawny's threat of making her his "little white slave" was not altogether an idle one. She had laughed when he spoke the words upon a former visit to the Crag, but she soon found that he did take up a great deal of her time and care, and very willingly was the service rendered that his helplessness made needful. It seemed to be less irksome to Mr. Trelawny to be led about by the little girl than by any other person—even Mr. Earle; and, of course, a good deal of Mr. Earle's time was now taken up by lessons. Esther found that her regular studies were very much interrupted by the demands made upon her time by Mr. Trelawny; but on the other hand, she thought she was learning as much with him, as though she had been in the schoolroom all the time. His mind seemed like a perfect storehouse of information; and as he took his leisurely walks abroad, he would teach Esther all manner of things— history, geography, physiology, geology, and all sorts of things with long names that Esther never learned. All she knew was that she was learning interesting things every day of her life, and that the world seemed to be growing a bigger and more beautiful and wonderful place than she had had the least idea of before. Mr. Trelawny was a wonderful teacher; but he expected his lessons to be understood and remembered. Again and again he would put a sudden question to his little companion, asking her about something
- 66. he had told her on a previous occasion, or making sure that she understood the bearing of some new piece of information he was giving her. Esther soon conquered her first shyness, and was not a bit afraid to ask questions and to say when she did not understand. She found that Mr. Trelawny, though not quite so well used to teaching as Mr. Earle, was never impatient or vexed at being asked to explain himself. What did vex him was for anybody to make believe to understand a thing he was saying, and then show later on that it had not been understood at all. As long as the fine weather lasted there were delightful things to do. Sometimes it was a long drive, which Mrs. St. Aiden generally shared; sometimes a sail in the Swan with Mr. Earle and the boys, which was always a great pleasure. Then there was a great excitement for a few days in the place, for the mackerel had come into the bay in shoals; and the Swan went out with the other boats, and the little Polperrans went in her, and they all had spinners, and caught mackerel by the dozen, and fine fun they had out of it till the fish disappeared as suddenly as they had come. Mr. Trelawny was getting quite strong again, but he was still forbidden to make any attempt to use his eyes, and went about with a bandage and a shade. Perhaps it was this that made him stoop a little in his walk, as he had never done before. Certainly his hair had begun to grow white rather quickly. He had never seemed to be an old man before. Esther had never thought of him as old until just lately, although he used to speak of himself in a half-joking way as an old fellow; but he did begin to look old now, though he seemed strong and well in himself. He liked to be out of doors as much as possible, and Esther was nearly always his companion. She found this interesting in many ways. One was that she had her lessons in a new and interesting fashion from him. Another was that she got to know a great many fresh people, and heard a great many interesting things about them. Mr. Trelawny owned a good deal of land all round the Crag, and the people who lived in the cottages were his tenants. He had known them all his life, and they had known him. There had been Trelawnys at the Crag for several hundreds of years. Esther found out that Mr. Trelawny, in spite of his gruffness, was very much respected and
- 67. loved. She liked very much to go with him to see the cottagers and fisher folk, and listen whilst they talked to him and told him all about themselves, their troubles, their bits of good luck, their perplexities with their sons and daughters, and all the different things which went to make up the sum of their simple lives. She grew fond of the simple people herself, who always had a smile and soft word for "the little lady." She thought it must be very nice to have Mr. Trelawny's power to help them in times of need, to advise them in their troubles, to rebuke those who wanted a sharp reproof, and to warn those who were in danger of falling into bad habits or idle ways. Often after these visits Mr. Trelawny would talk to Esther a great deal about the family they had just visited, telling her its history, what sort of people they had shown themselves in the past, and what kind of treatment they had required. Some children might have been bored by this sort of thing, but Esther was never bored. It seemed to her very interesting, and she always listened with great attention. "You must help me at Christmas time this year, little woman," he said one crisp December day, as they were walking home together. "There are a lot of old fashions we keep up at Christmas here. It's one of the relics of old times that no Trelawny has had the disposition to do away with. Some people say that the time has gone by for that sort of thing, and that it is obsolete and only a form of pauperization. Perhaps they may be right. But in my day I shall change nothing. I'm too much the old Tory for that. And you will help me this year, won't you? You ought to see how everything is done." "I should like to," answered Esther eagerly; "what is it you do?" "Give a great feed—dinner, the people call it—in the hall at the Crag, to which every tenant and his family is entitled to come, even to the babies, if the mothers choose to bring them. No questions are asked, nobody is turned away. Every tenant has the right to be there, and to eat and drink to his heart's content. Five o'clock is the hour for the feed, and after that they sing carols or old songs and make speeches. I come in and drink a glass with them, as the Trelawnys have always done; and when they can eat and drink no more, there is
- 68. a great giving of presents all round. Bran pies or a Christmas-tree for the children, and clothing or nets or tools for the grown folks. We keep it up till ten o'clock, and then sing 'God save the Queen,' and send them all off to their homes. It used to be done on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day, but now it's on Boxing Day, as we think that home is the right place for folks on Christmas Day itself. You will have to be my right hand, little woman, in all the preparations we have to make." Esther was skipping along gaily: her face was aglow. "How nice!" she exclaimed; "I shall like to help and to see them all. May I come with you, Uncle Robert, when you go to see them at dinner-time?" "Of course you may, my dear. Indeed I particularly wish you to be with me. I want to present you to the people then. It will be the best opportunity for it." Esther raised her eyes with a questioning look, but then, remembering that he could not see, she said softly,— "I don't think I quite understand, Uncle Robert." His clasp upon her fingers tightened; he did not speak for a while, and then he said slowly,— "No, childie, I know you don't. I am debating in my mind whether or not to tell you." Esther looked up again with the same shade of perplexity in her eyes, but she asked no further question. She knew she would be told if Mr. Trelawny thought it well. At last he spoke, but rather as though to himself and not to her. It was as if he were debating some point in his own mind. "I don't know why she should not be told. The Queen was no older when she found out that in all probability she would one day have a kingdom to rule, and her first wish and resolve were that she might grow up a good woman. I believe it would be the same with this child in a very little kingdom. I want her to grow up feeling what are the duties which will some day be hers."
- 69. Esther's heart was beating rather fast by this time. She felt as though something momentous was going to be spoken, and she was not wrong. They had reached the terrace by this time, and with the shelter of the house behind them, and the sunlight falling full upon it, the place was quite warm—so warm that Mr. Trelawny seated himself under the veranda, and drew the little girl between his knees. "My dear," he said, "I suppose you are too young ever to have wondered who will live at the Crag after I am gone." Esther did not speak. It had certainly never entered her head to think about such a thing as this. "I am the last of the Trelawnys," continued the old man; "I have not a single blood relation of that name to come after me. Once I thought it would be otherwise. For three happy years I had a wife living with me here, and a little boy who had just learned to call me 'daddy.' Then they were both taken away. It was all so long ago that the folks here have almost forgotten, and some of them speak of me as a bachelor. But I have never forgotten. I never could care for anybody else. I have lived my life alone, and I have nobody to come after me—nobody to love me now." Esther suddenly raised the hand she held and carried it to her lips. "We all love you, Uncle Robert," she said softly. He stooped and kissed her, putting his arm round her and holding her close. For with all her clinging, affectionate ways, Esther had never yet spoken of loving her father's old kinsman. "Thank you for telling me so, childie. Yes, I believe you, my dear. Esther, do you know that you are the only blood relation I have in the world?" She shook her head, and he felt the motion. "But that is so, my child. Your father was my only kinsman. At one time I looked upon him as my heir. Then he too was taken. I brought his wife and child to be near me, but I do not think I at once formed any plan for the future. The estate and income are my own property. I can dispose of them as I will. But I want to find a successor who will love the old place, and who will be a merciful as well as a just monarch in the little kingdom which lies around the Crag."
- 70. He paused, and Esther neither spoke nor moved. "Kingdom is perhaps an obsolete word in these leveling days, yet down here amongst these simple folk the owner of the Crag wields no small power. It is a power I should fear to put into any but just and merciful hands. Little Esther, do you think you could be a just and merciful ruler here some day? Would you try—like our good and gracious Queen—to 'be good,' to love your people, to be a wise and God-fearing ruler, if ever that power were to be entrusted to you?" She hid her face upon his shoulder. She was startled, overcome, almost frightened. He felt her shiver through all her little frame. He saw that she had understood, and that it was all a very solemn and sacred thing to her. He held her very closely as he went on speaking. "Little Esther, it is a great charge, and you are but a little girl now, but you will grow older every year; and I believe I shall be spared many years longer myself, though I do not expect ever to be the same man that I was before my accident. I have talked to your mother about this, and she is willing that you should continue to live with me, to learn the ways of the place, and how to be its mistress one day. My will is drawn up, leaving all to you. I am just waiting till I have my sight back to sign it. I think you are learning every day to love and understand the people better and better. Perhaps some day you will take my name, so as to keep the old name with the old acres; but there is time enough to think of that. You have always been used to having the charge of something or somebody. It will only be adding a new one to the list. Do you think your little shoulders are strong enough to bear the burden? Will you be my little girl now, and be good to the people when I am gone?" Her tears came at that, not loudly or noisily, but raining down very fast. "O Uncle Robert, I will do what I can. I will try to be good. But, please, don't talk as though I were going to have it all. I can't bear that. I only want to help you, and learn to do things as you do them." "That is all I ask, my dear. I hope that is all that will be laid upon you for a good many years to come. Indeed, you would never have the sole burden in your childhood and youth, of course. But I should
- 71. like to feel that you were growing up in the traditions of the place, knowing what is before you, just as you would know it if you were in very truth the little niece or granddaughter that I call you." For a few days after that talk Esther went about with a very grave face, and was absorbed in a multitude of new thoughts. But children quickly grow used to an idea, and so it was here. The little girl never spoke of it to anybody but Mr. Trelawny and her mother, but she began to have an understanding of the new charge which would one day in all probability be hers; and she followed Mr. Trelawny about more assiduously than ever, waiting upon him, watching him, trying to forestall all his wants and to understand all that he was doing; whilst he, on his part, took her more and more into his confidence, both feeling that a new and very tender bond had been established between them. The coming Christmas festivities kept the boys fully engrossed. They had leave to go into Penzance with Mr. Earle to make their purchases, and they were full of mystery and excitement for days before and after. At last they could bear the burden of their great secret no longer, and pulling Esther into their room one day, a little before Christmas Day, they whispered the tremendous secret. "Esther, we've got it; we got it all by ourselves. Nobody knows—not even Mr. Earle. Would you like to see it? It is such a funny thing; but we know what it must be, and we've bought it. It was very expensive, but we don't care if only he likes it. Would you like to see it first?" "What is it?" asked Esther, infected by the air of mystery around her. The boys' room was almost dark, for the light was fading fast. Puck was quivering all over in his excitement. He seemed able to contain himself no longer, and burst suddenly into speech. "It's an electric eye—an electric eye for Mr. Trelawny. We found it at last in a bicycle shop. Come here, Esther, and look. You know people do have such accidents on bicycles. I expect they knock out their eyes and have electric ones put in. It's rather big, but Mr. Trelawny has such big holes for his. I expect it'll go in.—Pickle, open the door and we'll show her."
- 72. Pickle was fumbling under the carpet for a key, which was hidden in some crevice in the boards and when that was brought to light a cupboard was unlocked, and then suddenly one of the boys did something, and immediately a bright ray of white light shone forth from a small glass ball which had somewhat the look of an eye. "There, there, look!" cried Puck, dancing up and down in his excitement; "there it is—an electric eye! Do you think he'll like it? Don't you think he'll be pleased? Just see what a light it gives! He'd be able to see with that in the dark as well as in the light." Esther was immensely impressed, though rather perplexed. The eye was certainly very wonderful, and could be turned on and off at will; but whether it would help Mr. Trelawny in his present condition she did not feel quite certain, but the boys had no manner of doubt. "Won't it be jolly when he can go about without that horrid old shade, and without a stick, or anybody to lead him? I can't think why he didn't have one before, but I suppose he couldn't find one. We hunted all over, and people only laughed when we asked. But one man told us he'd seen something like one in the bicycle shop, and sure enough there it was. Sometimes it gets empty and has to be filled up, but Mr. Earle could do that, I'm sure. He can do lots of things with electricity. I can't think why he hasn't made Uncle Bob an electric eye all this time, but I'm glad he hasn't, because we shall so like to give it him." It was hard work waiting for Christmas Eve, when the presentation was to be made; but the preparations for the great feast took up much time and attention, and drew off the boys' thoughts from the engrossing subject of the electric eye. But when the dusk of Christmas Eve had really come, and when Mr. Trelawny suddenly appeared in their midst, showering parcels about him in the twilight, like a miniature snowstorm, then the boys made a rush upon him, and the electric eye was produced and exhibited, Pickle being the principal speaker, though Puck kept up a running, breathless commentary, almost choking in his excitement and ecstatic hopes. Mr. Trelawny received the gift, and felt it all over. Then he turned his head towards Mr. Earle, and said,—
- 73. "Come, Earle; we must retire and see what we can do with this wonderful eye. You're a bit of a genius, according to these young men, and we'll see whether you understand adjusting it or not." Mr. Earle's face lighted up, and he marched off with Mr. Trelawny, whilst the servants brought in lamps, and the children, in breathless delight, opened the parcels which had been showered upon them. The fairies must surely have whispered in Mr. Trelawny's ears, for the secret desire of every heart seemed to be gratified. There were the daintiest of working and writing materials for Esther, together with just the very books she would have chosen for herself had the whole world's library been at her disposal. There were model boats for the boys, and tools, and knives, and charts, and books; and the children had little presents for one another, which had to be opened and explained and admired; and Mrs. St. Aiden had not forgotten, or been forgotten, and her couch was the center of the busy, happy group. Then suddenly the door was thrown open and in stalked Mr. Trelawny, without his shade, and walking erect, with his eyes looking just as they did of old, save that they were protected by a pair of spectacles with thick glasses. The children did not know that there had been any previous rehearsal of such a scene as this, and that Mr. Trelawny had been permitted to try to use his eyes by degrees for the last week or more. Even Esther did not know this—it was to be kept for a Christmas surprise; and now, with the glint of the light upon the spectacles, it was small wonder that Puck broke into a shout of triumph, and yelled at the top of his voice,— "The electric eye; the electric eye! Three cheers for Uncle Bob and Mr. Earle and the electric eye!" Esther had run forward and was grasping the hand of her kind old friend. Her eyes were brimming over with tears of joy. "O Uncle Robert, can you really see?" "Yes, my little maid; I can see everything clearly again, thank God! Let me have a good look at the face of my little woman, for once I thought I should never see it again."
- 74. It was hard to say who was happiest that night—Mr. Trelawny with his newly-restored gift, which, if somewhat impaired, would still be strong and serviceable again; or the boys, in their conviction that they had found the means whereby this result had been achieved; or Mrs. St. Aiden, who had found a safe shelter for herself and her child under the care of this kind and wealthy kinsman; or little Esther, who somehow felt that, though another charge had been given her, yet the burden which had rested rather heavily upon her since her father's death had somehow been wonderfully lightened. There was Uncle Robert now to care for them and think for them, and she was so glad it should be so. And she somehow felt almost certain that the Crag would always be their home now. She was more sure of it upon the night of the feast, when Mr. Trelawny took her by the hand and led her into the big hall that was filled from end to end with people she knew, crowded together at the long tables. She did not understand all the speech that Mr. Trelawny made, for he spoke it in the broad dialect of the country and fisher folk. But they understood, and they shouted and cheered; and then Mr. Trelawny put his hand upon her head, and said,— "You must make them a little bow, my dear, and I will make a speech for you. Don't you understand that they are paying homage to you? They are accepting you as my little grand-daughter, who will one day rule here in my stead, and they are promising to love and be loyal to you, as I hope you will be loyal and true to them." And then Mr. Trelawny stooped and lifted her up in his arms and kissed her before them all; and Esther, as she ran away, overcome with all the honor and notice she was receiving, felt as though such a wonderful Christmas-tide could never come again. THE END.
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