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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Yet another System 7.0 wishlist ite
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Date: 9 Aug 89 02:18:00 GMT
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/* Written  3:43 pm  Aug  7, 1989 by cy@dbase.UUCP in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */
> And why not have Shutdown as a Command-Q equivalent on the File
> Menu, as well?
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Well, I did this a year ago with ResEdit.

All is not roses, however.  Sometimes the mac II misses keys or is
just slow, so I occasionally hit command-Q twice, and accidentally
turn off my computer.

Furthermore, I have soldered an outlet to my monitor cable to connect
to my modem.  The other day I exited the telecomm program to free up
some memory, but I hit command-Q twice by mistake and turned off the
computer AND zapped my modem connection to a BBS.

A beginner would scream bloody murder about this; I simply curse and
tell myself to be more careful.  I understand why Apple hasn't added
command-Q = shutdown to the finder menu.  It's dangerous.

Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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