This chapter provides instructions and code samples for the most common tasks you can accomplish with Multilingual Text Engine (MLTE), such as displaying static text, working with document-wide settings, and handling File, Edit, and Font menu commands.
The section on advanced topics includes working with embedded objects (graphics, sound, movies), displaying chemical equations, and displaying advanced typographical features (such as ligatures).
You should read the section Migrating an Application from TextEdit to MLTE if you have an existing application that uses TextEdit, and you want to determine what you need to do to rewrite the code so your application uses MLTE instead.
The code samples assume you are developing your application on Mac OS using CarbonLib. All code samples in this chapter are in C.