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From: stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Finder Improvements
Summary: Command keys and the DA Handler
Message-ID: <1026@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 88 13:59:13 GMT
References: <5215@polya.Stanford.EDU> <693@ethz.UUCP>
Reply-To: stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <5215@polya.Stanford.EDU> czychi@bernina.UUCP (Gary Czychi) writes:
     | what I would like to see much more would be a small
     | enhancement of the DA Handler. Nearly *every* application
     | (even those from Microsoft) have their command-W and their
     | command-Q for close/quit. Why doesn't the DA Handler takes
     | advantage of the *Apple* user interface??

It would seem logical to me, that none of these command keys would apply to
DA Handler.  Thus leaving those keys available to be implemented by the DA
itself, as a Quit or Window close command.

While it seems a little strange to "Quit" a DA rather than close it, under
MultiFinder this is not so strange, as you are running under a seperate
application layer (DA Handler), and thus makes it logical to quit the
"application" which is basically what the DA has become.

What I'm curious about is the way DA's close themselves.  Most DA's will
quit the DA Handler, but some do not.  It would seem that most "well
behaved" DA's should also close the DA Handler, that way you really don't
need to have a quit command key for DA Handler cos it will disappear when
the DA itself is closed or quit from.

Perhaps someone might shed some light on the standard closing practice of
DA's and how this effects (should effect) the DA Handler.

     | ...just a question... :-)

     | Gary

Stu.

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