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From: jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Hutzelman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GS/OS peculiarity?
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Date: 8 Sep 90 02:25:40 GMT
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unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User):

>	What I've noticed is that in many cases you have to hit cancel
>like 4-5 times in situations like that! [It makes me think that I'm
telling
>the computer "cancel... CANCEL.. YES, CANCEL..  GET ME THE
>HELL OUT OF HERE!"]
>
>	It's VERY strange that it won't "accept" the cancel the first time,
>but it WILL after the 4th or 5th time.

I believe I know the problem.  When you hit cancel, GS/OS (which is what
asked for the disk) did indeed CANCEL.  However, the "cancel" was not
passed on to the Finder.  Therefore, the finder continues to try to do
the copy or get info or whatever.  Eventually, after several GS/OS calls
referencing the volume, the Finder "completes" the operation and appears
to "accept" the cancel.
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Jeffrey Hutzelman
America Online: JeffreyH11
Internet/BITNET:jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu, jhutz@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu

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