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From: nazgul@alfalfa.com (Information Junkie)
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Subject: Re: A couple of menu questions
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Date: 10 Apr 91 19:31:01 GMT
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> |> 2) I want to stop my application from being close via the window menu...
> |> The manual says to set wMenuButtonClick2 to False. This 
> |> works for all of the windows, but can I do it for just one application...
> 
> Use Mwm*<client>*clientFunctions: -close
Right.  But wrong of course.  An application should never turn off the Close
item.  It should catch the event and do something reasonable instead.

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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.