Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!aplcen!aplcomm!aplvax.jhuapl.edu!gersh From: gersh@aplvax.jhuapl.edu (John R. Gersh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: QUICKEYS, Restart Option Summary: Shutdown macro good at airports Keywords: macros, shutdown Message-ID: <3643@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> Date: 14 Apr 89 13:12:55 GMT References: <3925@brunix.UUCP> <6751@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Sender: news@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu Reply-To: gersh@aplvax.jhuapl.edu.UUCP (John R. Gersh) Distribution: usa Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Lines: 32 In article <6751@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes: >In article <3925@brunix.UUCP>, cs004004@brunix (Jon Feinberg) writes: >> >> [Can't record a shutdown with Macromaker because the mac shuts >> down.] > >Not true! MacroMaker intercepts the shutdown request and will bring up its >own window, asking you to save the macro that is currently in the recorder. >after you do this, the actual shutdown is carried out. On my machine that >I am using right now, I defined Command-Q to be the shutdown (much easier >than getting out ResEdit). Absolutely. Macromaker works just fine in recording a shutdowm macro. I've found that an invaluable timesaver in taking our Dynamac portable through airport security inspections. If you ask for manual (instead of X-ray) inspection, the security folks always want you to show that the machine works. If you have a shutdown macro assigned to a keystroke, then you can go through that procedure without unpacking, connecting, and removing the mouse. (To say nothing of finding a place to use it!) I'm a bit paranoid, though, and use two modifier keys, not just command, on the keystroke assignment. - John Gersh --------------------------------------------------------------------- gersh@aplvax.jhuapl.edu {backbone!}mimsy!aplcen!aplvax!gersh The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins Rd., Laurel, MD 20707 (301) 953-5503