Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ncar!tank!nucsrl!accuvax.nwu.edu!bob From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Re: DA Handler Improvements (Was: Finder Improvements) Message-ID: <10330089@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 2 Dec 88 14:21:15 GMT References: <698@ethz.UUCP> Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA Lines: 20 > [ Lots of talk about DA Handler] > > So here we are: > Why is there no command key equivalent for "Close" and "Quit"? There is the command key equivalents for Close and Quit because Apple would have to be sure that the DA is not intercepting these events, _perhaps for some other use_. Suppose there exists a DA with an option, for example, of "Quote", and the designer of the DA has bound command-Q to this option. There is sits in the menu, just begging to be used, but when it is actually invoked it not only does perform as expected, but also closes _all_ your DAs. Since Apple did not reserve command-q and command-w for it's own use with DAs, it cannot preempt their use. (Well, it _could_, of course, but it ain't worth it). > Gary Bob Hablutzel BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU Disclaimer: The above might charitably be called a "guess"