display-message-for-pane Function

Summary

Displays a message on the same screen as a specified pane.

Package

capi

Signature

display-message-for-pane pane format-string &rest format-args

Arguments

pane⇩	A simple-pane.
format-string⇩	A string.
format-args⇩	Lisp objects.

Description

The function display-message-for-pane creates a message from the arguments format-string and format-args using format, and then displays it on the same screen as pane.

Notes

If you need to make a window-modal sheet on Cocoa, then use the function prompt-with-message.

Compatibility note

The function display-message-on-screen is retained for compatibility with previous versions of LispWorks. It is a synonym for display-message-for-pane.

Examples

(setq pane (capi:contain (make-instance
                          'capi:text-input-pane)))

(capi:display-message-for-pane pane 
                              "Just created ~S" pane)

See also

prompt-with-message
display-message