Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!czychi
From: czychi@ethz.UUCP (Gary Czychi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DA Handler Improvements (Was: Finder Improvements)
Message-ID: <698@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 18:27:38 GMT
References: <5215@polya.Stanford.EDU> <693@ethz.UUCP> <1026@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: czychi@bernina.UUCP (Gary Czychi)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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In article <1026@microsoft.UUCP> stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden) writes:

>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.

Sure, there are some DAs around which have a "Quit" and/or a "Close" command
key option. But there are *a lot* of DAs which don't have such things. And
when you look at the DA Handler as if it were an application, it should have
those shortcuts implemented. 
 
>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.

I think the "right" way to look at the DA Handler is, as if it just were
another application with *lots* of windows available at the same time (i.e.
the DAs). So its absolutely wrong for a DA to close itself *and* the DA
Handler, because there could as well be some other open DAs which are meant
to be open. If you close the last DA which was open, the DA HAndler closes
(or quits) itself. Thats okay, though few other applications would do this. 

So here we are: 
Why is there no command key equivalent for "Close" and "Quit"?  


	Gary