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From: thomas@duteca (Thomas Okken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: kill current app -- what keys?
Message-ID: <1336@duteca.UUCP>
Date: 29 May 91 00:41:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: duteca.1336
References: <1991May28.085131.23077@fwi.uva.nl>
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
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From article <1991May28.085131.23077@fwi.uva.nl>, by aroest@fwi.uva.nl (Axel Roest (N)):
> chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) writes:
> 
>>I vaguely remember someone saying that there was a combination
>>of keys that will tell the top application to exit. Anyone know
>>what those keys were?
> 
> Wasn't it something like 'command-Q' ?  :-)
> 
> Axel

No, it's Command-Option-Escape.
You can achieve much the same effect if you use MacsBug and the "P Key" INIT:
you can then drop into MacsBug with Command-Power and kill the current app with
ES <return>.

 - Thomas (thomas@duteca.et.tudelft.nl)