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From: dwatola@NEXTASY2.EECS.WSU.EDU (David Watola)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Key-equivalent for "cancel"
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Date: 21 Jun 91 09:12:45 GMT
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Eric P. Scott writes:
 | 	(Jiro Nakamura) writes:
 |>	Does anyone other than from me wish that the "cancel" button
 |>on dialog boxes had a key equivalence? I personally wish that it
 |>was linked to "Command-." (period).
 |
 |Sorry, you can't have it.  :-)
 |
 |Command-. is "magic"--intercepted very early on.

actually, if you are very bold and daring (and possibly a little
stupid :-) ) you can get rid of this interception.   my guess is
(i have not actually tried this.  i don't plan to--i'm not willing
to take the risk) that all you need to do is change the /_handleCommand
routine in /usr/lib/NeXTstep/windowPackage.ps.  this routine is
the part of the window server code responsible for squirreling away
command-. and taking care of command-uparrow and command-downarrow.

the only reason i bothered to post this insane idea is in case someone is
willing to try something like this.  if anyone makes any changes at all
to windowPackage.ps, i would like to hear about it.

dave watola
dwatola@nextasy2.eecs.wsu.edu
dwatola@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu