Patient: "hey Doc, it hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "Don't do that."
;-)
sw
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jimmy Dutt <bytemonkey@...> wrote:
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>
> On 27 Jan, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Steve Pomerantz wrote:
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> > Can someone at Avid please, please, please put the "confirm quit" prompt back into my Symphony?
>
>
> I can't remember if there's a built-in Windows OS solution, but I've redefined the "Quit..." keyboard shortcut within OS X on many apps for just this reason. To do this...
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> - In OS X (Snow Leopard in this example) open System Preferences > Keyboard and click the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab.
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> - At the bottom of the list on the left-hand side, select "Application Shortcuts."
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> - Click the "+" button, and choose the desired target application from the pop-up (I'll select "Google Chrome.app" for this example).
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> - In the Menu Title field, enter the *exact* name of the menuItem you want to modify. In this case it's "Quit Google Chrome" (no quotes).
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> - Activate the Keyboard Shortcut field, and type the key combo you'd like to use instead of or in place of the default (e.g. "Option-Q").
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> - Click "Add"
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> Now open Chrome browser and select the application menu ("Chrome" in this case) and you'll see the last entry "Quit Google Chrome" now shows the Option-Q shortcut.
>
> On some apps (like Final Cut) I remapped the Cmd-Q keystroke to the "Save All" menuItem - thereby saving me not only the frustration of Premature Quitapplication, but tossing in a "save-every-damn-thing-now" for good measure.
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> -jimmy
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