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Leopard Reference: Text & Fonts
Text manipulation consists of creating, managing, and storing text strings. Mac OS X programming interfaces provide capabilities that range from basic text input and display to sophisticated text encoding conversions.

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IMKServerInput Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol used to receive text events.
2009-05-06
NSLayoutManager Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes an object for controlling text layout.
2008-12-20
Latent Semantic Mapping Reference (HTML)
Describes the C API for classifying text and other token-based content based on latent semantic information.
2008-04-08
Script Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Deprecated - Describes a deprecated technology replaced by Unicode facilities.
2007-12-11
Text Input Source Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for operating on text input sources, such as keyboards, character palettes, and ink input.
2007-06-07
IMKInputController Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that controls input on the input method side.
2007-06-06
IMKServer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that manages connections to input method clients.
2007-06-06
Input Method Kit Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for building input methods for Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.
2007-06-06
IMKCandidates Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that supports the use of candidate windows for an input method.
2007-06-05
IMKMouseHandling Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to receive mouse events for an input method client session.
2007-06-05
IMKStateSetting Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to set or access state values for an input method client session.
2007-06-05
IMKTextInput Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to send and obtain data from an input method client session.
2007-06-05
Text Utilities Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for operating on strings (formatting, sorting, converting, comparing).
2007-05-29
Ink Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Defines the C API for customizing handwriting recognition.
2006-01-10
Text Encoding Conversion Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for transferring text across other platforms or over the Internet.
2005-07-07