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Re: OS/2 Wish List

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From: Erik van Linstee
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:01
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jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin) writes:

>In article <RUB.93Jan24173507@solarium.aero.org> rub@aero.org (Jerzy W. Rub) writes:
>>How about:
>>
>>11.  A shutdown with just one prompt.  I am looking for a way to avoid
>>getting prompts from all the running applications and telling each one that
>>yes, I want its window closed.  Or perhaps there is a way to do this and I
>>should read manuals?

>This is especially a pain with the TCP/IP package and running a lot of
>the options...they all run from separate command shells.  What a pain.

>I don't see a solution for this, except to give them all a rudimentary
>pm interface, so that they can respond to the shutdown themselves.

A simple solution would be a yes, no, all, cancel option in
the message that ask if you want to close a vdm or os/2 app.

Erik


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