Contents

Introduction

Concepts
Bullet Introduction to International Text on the Mac OS
Bullet Overview of Text Handling
Bullet How MLTE Handles Text
Bullet Text Objects (TXNObject)
Bullet Text Attributes
Bullet The MLTE User Interface
Bullet Keyboard and Font Synchronization
Bullet Font Substitution

Tasks
Bullet Displaying Static Text
Bullet Initializing MLTE
Bullet Terminating MLTE
Bullet Working With Text Objects
Bullet Handling File, Edit, and Font Menu Commands
Bullet Setting Font Size and Style
Bullet Handling Events
Bullet Working With Document-Wide Settings
Bullet Advanced Topics
Bullet Migrating an Application from TextEdit to MLTE

MLTE Revision History

Appendix A: Compatibiliy

Appendix B: MLTE File Format

Carbon Compatibility