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- (void) present
{
    CABasicAnimation *a;
    
    a = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath: @"transform.scale"];
    
    a.duration = 6;
    a.repeatCount = 0;
    a.autoreverses = NO;
    a.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat: 0];

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// Version 3: Simplified, but still can have an exception thrown in the case of a non-floating point colour space.

@implementation NSColor (CGColor)

@dynamic CGColor;

- (CGColorRef) CGColor
{
    CGColorSpaceRef colorspace = [[self colorSpace] CGColorSpace];
    const NSInteger nComponents = [self numberOfComponents];

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// The Controller:
// The controller is created:

viewDidLoad:
	CGRect starsize = CGRectMake(0, 0, 2048, 2048);
	
	self.starmap.scrollView.bounds = starsize;
	self.starmap.frame = starsize;
	
	[self.starmap setNeedsDisplay];

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/*
    This code present a way to implement textView:doCommandBySelector, as sent by an NSTextView to its delegate, and implement the method as - (BOOL) method: (NSTextView*)aTextView and avoid the need for if statement chaining.

*/
- (BOOL)textView:(NSTextView *)aTextView doCommandBySelector:(SEL)aSelector {
	if ([self respondsToSelector: aSelector]) {
		BOOL (*method)(id, SEL, NSTextView*);
		method = (BOOL (*)(id, SEL, NSTextView*))[self methodForSelector: aSelector];
		return method(self, aSelector, aTextView);
	} else {