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From: warwick@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
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Subject: Re: GEM key sequences
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Date: 30 Jan 91 23:13:12 GMT
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In <1991Jan30.174410.190@cs.olemiss.edu> tony@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Tony Reynolds) writes:

>Double click an executable, then either hold the mouse button down or
>push the mouse up to the GEM menu bar and let go.  The program won't
>start until you let go of the mouse button or move the mouse from
>the menu bar.

>If you've seen this, is there an abort sequence, i.e. OOOPS?
>I've looked for about a year, ALT-this-that-or-the-other, CNTRL-(same)
>Space, etc, double click, you name it.  Maybe there isn't one, but
>it sure would be nice

I think you should give up on that one, I think it is just a result
of the GEM event handler not returning control to the desktop until
the mouse is released, or the mouse is out of the menu bar object.

Warwick.
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