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From: izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Disabling cmd-q in Terminal
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.010603.20918@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 3 Jun 91 01:06:03 GMT
References: <1991Jun2.235028.21517@parc.xerox.com>
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In article <1991Jun2.235028.21517@parc.xerox.com>
 Lovstrand@EuroPARC.Xerox.COM (Lennart Lovstrand) writes:
>
>So... Anyone know how to disable cmd-q in Terminal -- preferrably, but
>not necessarily, without patching the app?  Wouldn't mind getting rid
>of cmd-w at the same time.  At second best (and for possible future
>releases), a way of persuading Terminal to ask for confirmation before
>closing a window with a live shell would be a real win.
>
>OS 2.1, /NextApps/Terminal dated 30 Oct 1990
>

OK, this is relatively easy.
Using InterfaceBuilder, you can do this kind of modifications
quite easily.  This will patch the app (One of the nib files in
__NIB Mach-O segment).

Make a working copy of /NextApps/Terminal in a directory.
Then,

segedit Terminal -extract __NIB Terminal.nib Terminal.nib

You will get Terminal.nib in your directory.  Double click on
Terminal.nib.  IB will start up.  On the Terminal's menu in
IB, double click on the 'q' letter in the "Quit" menu item.
A square will surround the letter 'q', so use Delete key to
wipe out the letter.  Do the same for "Window" "Close" menu's
letter 'w'.

Save the nib file (Command-s).
Then do,

segedit Terminal -replace __NIB Terminal.nib Terminal.nib -o Terminal.new
chmod 4755 Terminal.new

Double click on Terminal.new and see if you have successfully removed
the command equivalents for 'q', and 'w'.

As root, copy over Terminal.new into /NextApps/Terminal.
Or you probably should copy it to /LocalApps and delete the
orginal just to indicate that this is a modified version.


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