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From: nop@NIC.GAC.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Workspace Exiting Unexpectedly
Message-ID: <9010111548.AA05181@next-6.gac.edu>
Date: 11 Oct 90 15:48:50 GMT
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   From: scott@NIC.GAC.EDU
   Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
   Date: 11 Oct 90 05:24:39 GMT

scott@gac.edu writes:
> moose@svc.portal.com writes:
>>In article <90282.200109SLVQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> SLVQC@CUNYVM (Salvatore Saieva) writes:
>>> By accident I typed in three forward slashes in the Workspace
>>> Name Expansion window and I got logged out! I was experimenting
>>> afterwards and it seems you can get yourself logged out even
>>> by typing two slashes in a row. Is this an undocumented feature?
>>
>> Thank you for this tidbit.  Now I know how to log off the cube without getting
>> that irritating message box.  Unfortunately, this feature has been removed in 
>> system 2.0.  Bummer.

> Note, though, that using the '///' feature in Workspace actually seems to
> kill off the Workspace, not log it out.  As if root did kill -9 on it.
> Thus, you might find that certain programs (like Stuart) don't correctly
> fix certain files that are modified in the course of the program.

And it doesn't eject your OD.  This looks to be a win for me because
it means I could conceivably leave my OD in a machine whilst
downloading stuff overnight by modem or network.

> Then again, if you _really_ need to get out of the Workspace fast :-).

Oh, I _do_, I _do_. :-)

> scott hess
> scott@gac.edu

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