Chapter 19. Using Pasteboards

IN THIS CHAPTER

Pasteboards are pervasive throughout Cocoa. They implement the Mac OS X clipboard, drag and drop, file-type filters, and services. This chapter begins by discussing the basic concepts underlying pasteboards on Mac OS X, and it explains the NSPasteboard object in detail. It also shows how to implement basic cut, copy, and paste as well as drag and drop. The chapter ends with information about implementing filters and services.

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