+ return wxMacMakeStringFromCString( from , strlen(from) ) ;
+}
+
+wxCharBuffer wxMacStringToCString( const wxString &from )
+{
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ OSStatus status = noErr ;
+ ByteCount byteOutLen ;
+ ByteCount byteInLen = from.Length() * 2 ;
+ ByteCount byteBufferLen = from.Length() ;
+ wxCharBuffer result( from.Length() ) ;
+ status = TECConvertText(s_TECUnicodeToNativeC , (ConstTextPtr)from.wc_str() , byteInLen, &byteInLen,
+ (TextPtr)result.data(), byteBufferLen, &byteOutLen);
+ return result ;
+#else
+ return wxCharBuffer( from.c_str() ) ;
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
+void wxMacStringToPascal( const wxString&from , StringPtr to )
+{
+ wxCharBuffer buf = from.mb_str( wxConvLocal ) ;
+ int len = strlen(buf) ;
+
+ if ( len > 255 )
+ len = 255 ;
+ to[0] = len ;
+ memcpy( (char*) &to[1] , buf , len ) ;
+}
+
+wxString wxMacMakeStringFromPascal( ConstStringPtr from )
+{
+ return wxString( (char*) &from[1] , wxConvLocal , from[0] ) ;
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_BASE
+
+#if wxUSE_GUI
+
+
+//
+// CFStringRefs (Carbon only)
+//
+
+#if TARGET_CARBON
+// converts this string into a carbon foundation string with optional pc 2 mac encoding
+void wxMacCFStringHolder::Assign( const wxString &st )
+{
+ wxString str = st ;
+ wxMacConvertNewlines13To10( &str ) ;
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ m_cfs = CFStringCreateWithCharacters( kCFAllocatorDefault,
+ (const unsigned short*)str.wc_str(), str.Len() );
+#else
+ m_cfs = CFStringCreateWithCString( kCFAllocatorSystemDefault , str.c_str() ,
+ CFStringGetSystemEncoding() ) ;
+#endif
+ m_release = true ;
+}
+
+wxString wxMacCFStringHolder::AsString()
+{
+ wxString result ;
+ Size len = CFStringGetLength( m_cfs ) ;
+ wxChar* buf = result.GetWriteBuf( len ) ;
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ CFStringGetCharacters( m_cfs , CFRangeMake( 0 , len ) , (UniChar*) buf ) ;
+#else
+ CFStringGetCString( m_cfs , buf , len+1 , CFStringGetSystemEncoding() ) ;
+#endif
+ buf[len] = 0 ;
+ wxMacConvertNewlines10To13( buf ) ;
+ result.UngetWriteBuf() ;
+ return result ;
+}
+
+#endif //TARGET_CARBON
+
+void wxMacConvertNewlines13To10( char * data )
+{
+ char * buf = data ;
+ while( (buf=strchr(buf,0x0d)) != NULL )