Leopard Reference Library
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2009-03-04 Dashcode User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Guides Tools
2009-03-04 Dock Tile Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to include guidelines for Cocoa programmers.
 Content Update Guides Carbon, Cocoa
2009-02-04 Dashboard Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Guides Apple Applications
2009-02-04 Dialogs and Special Panels (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5: added "Customizing Alert Dialogs," which describes the suppression checkbox and accessory views.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 Toolbar Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard).
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 Window Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Added information on the use of backing locations to improve performance.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-11-19 Interface Builder User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to incorporate information about nib files in iPhone OS.
 Minor Change Guides Tools
2008-10-16 Apple Publications Style Guide (PDF)
Updated to include terms related to iPhone and other Apple software and hardware products.
 Content Update Guides General, Tools
2008-10-15 Button Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Added "Querying Button Matrices" plus a example of programmatically creating a matrix of radio buttons. Also removed "Deprecated Buttons" from "Types of Buttons".
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-10-15 Control and Cell Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-10-15 Identity Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed typographical errors.
 Minor Change Guides Apple Applications
2008-10-15 Mac OS X Technology Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Removed outdated reference to jikes compiler. Marked the AppleShareClient framework as deprecated, which it was in Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Guides Accessibility
2008-10-15 WebKit Objective-C Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-10-15 Xcode Quick Tour for Mac OS X (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about how to implement the Converter application.
 Minor Change Guides Tools
2009-05-06 IMKServerInput Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified constant descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference Text & Fonts
2009-05-06 NSSegmentedCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added missing API.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-05-06 NSSegmentedControl Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added missing API.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-05-06 Search Kit Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added notes that SKSearch and SKIndex objects cannot be used with CFMakeCollectable.
 Minor Change Reference Carbon, Cocoa
2009-04-08 NSButtonCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added style override details to setAttributedTitle:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-04-08 NSScroller Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Reference Cocoa
2009-04-08 NSSplitView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added splitView:shouldHideDividerAtIndex: delegate method. Added divider style and color methods.
 Content Update Reference Cocoa
2009-04-08 NSUserDefaults Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated property list storage details.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-04-08 Speech Synthesis Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified the use of the script field in the voice description structure.
 Minor Change Reference Accessibility, Carbon, Speech Technologies
2009-03-04 NSWindow Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed several typographical errors, added information to setFrameAutosaveName:, and documented several undocumented symbols.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 Dashboard Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Apple Applications
2009-02-04 NSCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Documented truncatesLastVisibleLine and setTruncatesLastVisibleLine: methods. Added deprecated image scaling constants.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSHelpManager Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Removed all references to using Interface Builder.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Help Technologies
2009-02-04 NSMenuView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information regarding what to use in place of NSMenuView.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSOpenPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added more specific information regarding didEndSelector behavior in panel-running methods.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSOutlineView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added documentation for method outlineView:selectionIndexesForProposedSelection:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSSavePanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated documentation to use more consistent method formatting and corrected various errors.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSCursor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a definition for the NSAppKitVersionNumberWithCursorSizeSupport macro.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSImageCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added descriptions for the NSImageAlignment constants.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about NSHUDWindowMask constant.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified how the speech rate is set when using initWithVoice:.
 Minor Change Reference Accessibility, Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSTextField Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note that background color rendering is disabled for rounded-bezel text fields.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSTextFieldCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note that background color rendering is disabled for rounded-bezel text fields. Revised description of setUpFieldEditorAttributes: because it no longer supports replacing the field editor.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-12-16 Installer JavaScript Reference (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the object model available to JavaScript code in distribution definition files.
 First Version Reference Files & Software Installation
2008-11-19 Application Kit Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added NSTextInputClient Protocol Reference.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-11-19 NSDateFormatter Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note about supported behaviors for iPhone OS.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-11-19 NSNumberFormatter Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note about supported behaviors for iPhone OS.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 Accessibility (ApplicationServices/HIServices) Reference (HTML)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Accessibility
2008-10-15 NSBox Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected descriptions of getter methods in "Customizing" method group, setTitleFont:, and titleFont.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 NSControl Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Revised wording of several methods and added descriptions of NSInteger-related "value" methods.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 NSMatrix Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified usage of selectAll:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 NSPopUpButton Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Replace parameter types of "id < MenuItem>" with "MenuItem *".
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 NSPopUpButtonCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Replaced parameter types of "id <NSMenuItem>" with "NSMenuItem *". Corrected description of attachPopUpWithFrame:inView: method. Included code example for setUsesItemFromMenu:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 NSTokenField Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made several minor corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 NSToolbar Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected description of toolbar:itemForItemIdentifier:willBeInsertedIntoToolbar: method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-10-15 WebKit C Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference Carbon
2008-09-24 Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Minor editorial changes.
 Minor Change Technical Q&As Human Interface Device & Force Feedback