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Subject:Re: Close vs Exit (More than MS the eye) From:Len Humbird <lenh -at- PCEZ -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 13 Mar 1998 16:45:00 -0800
So far, nobody has mentioned that Apple has long had the convention of
"Quit." It was Microsoft which came along and redefined it to "Exit."
Anyone know what the X-Windows convention is?
Ah, and then there's Unix...
:w :q :wq :wq! ^d X exit ^X^C ~. ^[x X Q :quitbye CtrlAltDel ~~q
:~q logout save/quit :!QUIT ^[zz ^[ZZ ZZZZ ^H ^@ ^L ^[c $q ^# ^E ^X
^I ^T ? help helpquit ^D ^d ^C ^c help ^]q exit ?Quit ?q (thanks to
edw -at- sequent -dot- com for that!)
Len
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