dawyd@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (David Walton) (08/11/89)
In article <8400148@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >/* 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? >/* End of text from m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */ > >Well, I did this a year ago with ResEdit. [Various problematic scenarios with nasty accidental shutdowns deleted] >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. Since the problem seems to be hitting command-Q accidentally, why not use a different command key combination? I've used command-S for shutdown for a while. Works fine, with little possibility for error (at least in the Finder). -- David Walton Internet: dawyd@tartarus.UChicago.EDU U. Chicago Computer { Any opinions are my own, not those } Science Macintosh Lab { of my employers (or anybody else). }