Backward delete constant?

[C Lund]

I'm trying to use the delete key (the one above carriage return on the
keyboard), but all I find it in the NSEvent constant lists. The closest
I come is "NSDeleteFunctionKey", but that turned out to be the key
beneath the "help" key. It works, but it's not what I had in mind. The
NSResponder class has a "- (void)deleteBackward:(id)sender" method, but
I'm not sure how to implement it - nor am I sure it's what I'm looking
for.

Did I overlook it or is there something special about the backwards
delete key? I tried just using "NSBackwardDeleteFunctionKey" and
"NSBackwardsDeleteFunctionKey" but that didn't help.

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[matt neuburg]

In <clund-FEDAD7.19072118082003@amstwist00.chello.com> C Lund wrote:

> I'm trying to use the delete key (the one above carriage return on the
> keyboard), but all I find it in the NSEvent constant lists. The
> closest I come is "NSDeleteFunctionKey", but that turned out to be
> the key beneath the "help" key. It works, but it's not what I had in
> mind. The NSResponder class has a "- (void)deleteBackward:(id)sender"
> method, but I'm not sure how to implement it - nor am I sure it's
> what I'm looking for.
>
> Did I overlook it

Yes, you did. It's called NSDeleteCharacter. m.

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[C Lund]

In article <20030818112629462-0700@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
matt neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:

> In <clund-FEDAD7.19072118082003@amstwist00.chello.com> C Lund wrote:

> > I'm trying to use the delete key (the one above carriage return on the
> > keyboard), but all I find it in the NSEvent constant lists. The
> > closest I come is "NSDeleteFunctionKey", but that turned out to be
> > the key beneath the "help" key. It works, but it's not what I had in
> > mind. The NSResponder class has a "- (void)deleteBackward:(id)sender"
> > method, but I'm not sure how to implement it - nor am I sure it's
> > what I'm looking for.
> >
> > Did I overlook it

>
> Yes, you did. It's called NSDeleteCharacter. m.

I still couldn't find it in NSEvent, so I did a search on it.
Apparently, I didn't overlook it - I was looking in the wrong place.
It's in the NSText class.

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[matt neuburg]

In <clund-63DBD1.08433219082003@amstwist00.chello.com> C Lund wrote:

>> > Did I overlook it

>>
>> Yes, you did. It's called NSDeleteCharacter. m.

>
> I still couldn't find it in NSEvent, so I did a search on it.
> Apparently, I didn't overlook it - I was looking in the wrong place.

With that sort of lawyerly bullshit nitpicking, you'd make a good
American President. "It all depends on what your definition of is is." m.

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[Michael Ash]

In article <20030819102411756-0700@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
matt neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:

> In <clund-63DBD1.08433219082003@amstwist00.chello.com> C Lund wrote:

> >> > Did I overlook it
> >>
> >> Yes, you did. It's called NSDeleteCharacter. m.

> >
> > I still couldn't find it in NSEvent, so I did a search on it.
> > Apparently, I didn't overlook it - I was looking in the wrong place.

>
> With that sort of lawyerly bullshit nitpicking, you'd make a good
> American President. "It all depends on what your definition of is is." m.

Good god, calm down. He's not contradicting your or arguing, just adding
information.