Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!botter!ast
From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: ELLE (exiting without writing the file)
Message-ID: <1806@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 29 Dec 87 15:02:33 GMT
References: <1805@botter.cs.vu.nl> <21931@tis.llnl.gov>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <21931@tis.llnl.gov> bae@aftac.tis.llnl.gov (Hwa Jin Bae) writes:
>Elle doesn't seem to have "exit without saving the changes made" command.
>The "^X^C" key sequence is bound to "Write File & Exit" command, which
>always writes the file.  Am I missing something?

You can exit without writing the file by typing ^X^Z (or ^X in the mined
bindings).  In both cases you will be queried about whether to write the
file or not.  This function is called "Return to Superior" in the profile.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)