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Introduced with the original version of Macintosh system software, TextEdit is a simple text-processing service that provides basic text-handling for small amounts of text. Note that an enhanced text-processing service, the Multilingual Text Engine (MLTE), was introduced in Mac OS 9. MLTE supplies a programming interface for creating and editing Unicode text documents. MLTE is similar to TextEdit, however MLTE provides enhanced facilities such as document-wide tabs, full justification of text, support for more than 32K of text, drag and drop support, built-in scroll bar handling and printing support, support for inline input, support for advanced ATSUI font features, and support for multiple levels of undo.

Multilingual Text Engine Reference [Preliminary] This document provides a complete reference to the MLTE APIs.