Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!jarthur!wilkins From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Dear Aple: Trivial but nice Enhancements to 6.0.n or 7.0 Message-ID: <9069@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 12 Oct 90 16:16:56 GMT References: <65818215MES@MSU> <1990Oct11.051230.17620@silvlis.com> Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 18 In article tempest@walleye.ecst.csuchico.edu (Kenneth K.F. Lui) writes: >Speaking of enhancements to Macintosh software, did anyone >discuss the possibility of having a "kill/abort application" >under Multifinder? Yes, it's been discussed and implemented. :-) In System 7, one can just press cmd-opt-ESC and kill off the foreground application. This is guaranteed to leave the system in an indeterminable state, but you can escape if you really need to. -- Mark Wilkins -- ******* "Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude!" ********** *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* * Mark R. Wilkins wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu {uunet}!jarthur!wilkins * ****** MARK.WILKINS on AppleLink ****** MWilkins on America Online ******