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Leopard Technical Notes
Core Foundation is a framework that provides fundamental software services. Developers can use Core Foundation to build cross-platform applications and can share code and data among frameworks, libraries, and applications. Core Foundation provides abstractions for common data types, facilitates internationalization through Unicode string storage, and offers a suite of utilities.
A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to Core Foundation.   Essential information for developers using the Core Foundation framework.   C API references organized by framework.
Core Foundation Topics
Events & Other Input
APIs that manage Core Foundation run loops and notifications. 		 
Process Management
APIs and a plug-in architecture for loading code and managing processes. 		 
Resource Management
Support for handling system and program resources using Core Foundation.
Text & Fonts
Core Foundation routines for handling text and rendering glyphs. 		   
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