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Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it?

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  Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-12-29 19:09 -0600
    Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 04:10 +0000
      Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-30 21:07 -0800
        Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-31 18:57 +1300
          Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-31 02:35 -0500
            Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 07:27 -0800
              Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-01 09:36 +1300
                Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 15:46 -0800
                  Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-01 13:26 +1300
          Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-31 15:23 +0000
          Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS Xs Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 07:26 -0800
            Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS Xs Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-01 09:38 +1300
        Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-31 15:10 +0000
    Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-29 21:08 -0800
      Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 05:16 +0000
      Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-30 00:30 -0500
      Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-30 18:32 +1300
        Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-29 22:48 -0700
      Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-30 04:16 -0800
    Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-12-30 10:06 -0500
      Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2013-12-30 11:18 -0600
        Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-12-30 12:25 -0500
          Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2013-12-30 12:00 -0600
            Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-31 09:04 +1300
            Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-12-30 15:19 -0500
              Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-12-30 17:34 -0800
          Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 07:31 -0800
      Re: Is there a way to change/remove hot keys in Mac OS X 10.8.x's Terminal? Or prompt to be sure to quit/close it? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-01 00:30 -0800

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#54064

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On Monday, 30 December 2013 10:06 -0500, 
 in article <barmar-8D464E.10062230122013@news.eternal-september.org>, 
 Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> In article <ruGdnac-ybsjWl3PnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) wrote:

>> Hello.

>> I keep pressing command and w (also q) hot keys by accident in Mac 
>> OS X 10.8.x/Mountain Lion's Terminal when I meant to do that in my 
>> web browsers. Is there a way to change/remove them?

> Lots of answers to that question, but no one has (yet) answered this 
> one:

>> Or at least ask me to confirm the quit/close at least?

> In Terminal preferences, go to the Settings tab and the Shell 
> sub-tab, and change the "Prompt before closing" option.

That's the first thing I checked, however it has no effect on closing 
the window or quitting the Terminal.app.  Prompt before closing only 
affects whether or not a terminal window (or tab) closes, following 
logout.

My question is, what is Ant attempting to do, when he accidentally 
uses the Mac universal close window (⌘W) and quit application (⌘Q)? 
Is it something specific to Terminal?  Is he experiencing the same 
failures in other applications?  The keyboard short-cuts will perform 
essintially the same way in virtually any application.  Why is the 
question framed around the Terminal.app?

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#54066

In article <alpine.OSX.2.11.1312301057250.24450@mako.ath.cx>,
 David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> wrote:

> > In Terminal preferences, go to the Settings tab and the Shell 
> > sub-tab, and change the "Prompt before closing" option.
> 
> That's the first thing I checked, however it has no effect on closing 
> the window or quitting the Terminal.app.  Prompt before closing only 
> affects whether or not a terminal window (or tab) closes, following 
> logout.

No, that's what the "When the shell exits" dropdown affects.

I just changed the "Prompt before closing" option from "Never" to 
"Always", and then pressed Cmd-W. It popped up a confirmation dialog.

> 
> My question is, what is Ant attempting to do, when he accidentally 
> uses the Mac universal close window (?W) and quit application (?Q)? 
> Is it something specific to Terminal?  Is he experiencing the same 

He said it in the initial post: he thought he was in a Safari window, 
and was trying to close that. My guess is he just copied something from 
Safari to Terminal, so he no longer needed the browser window, and 
simply forgot to click back on that window to get rid of it.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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#54071

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On Monday, 30 December 2013 12:25 -0500, 
 in article <barmar-B8A8C8.12254030122013@news.eternal-september.org>, 
 Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> In article <alpine.OSX.2.11.1312301057250.24450@mako.ath.cx>,
>  David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> wrote:

>>> In Terminal preferences, go to the Settings tab and the Shell 
>>> sub-tab, and change the "Prompt before closing" option.

>> That's the first thing I checked, however it has no effect on 
>> closing the window or quitting the Terminal.app.  Prompt before 
>> closing only affects whether or not a terminal window (or tab) 
>> closes, following logout.

> No, that's what the "When the shell exits" dropdown affects.

> I just changed the "Prompt before closing" option from "Never" to 
> "Always", and then pressed Cmd-W. It popped up a confirmation 
> dialog.

You are correct.  Prompt before closing Always, should do the trick.

>> My question is, what is Ant attempting to do, when he accidentally 
>> uses the Mac universal close window (⌘W) and quit application (⌘Q)?  
>> Is it something specific to Terminal?  Is he experiencing the 
>> same

> He said it in the initial post: he thought he was in a Safari 
> window, and was trying to close that. My guess is he just copied 
> something from Safari to Terminal, so he no longer needed the 
> browser window, and simply forgot to click back on that window to 
> get rid of it.

There were no prior references to Safari, in this thread.

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David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com>
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#54084

In article <alpine.OSX.2.11.1312301141360.8532@mako.ath.cx>, David Ritz
<dritz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 30 December 2013 12:25 -0500, 
>  in article <barmar-B8A8C8.12254030122013@news.eternal-september.org>, 
>  Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > In article <alpine.OSX.2.11.1312301057250.24450@mako.ath.cx>,
> >  David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> My question is, what is Ant attempting to do, when he accidentally 
> >> uses the Mac universal close window (⌘W) and quit application (⌘Q)?  
> >> Is it something specific to Terminal?  Is he experiencing the 
> >> same
> 
> > He said it in the initial post: he thought he was in a Safari 
> > window, and was trying to close that. My guess is he just copied 
> > something from Safari to Terminal, so he no longer needed the 
> > browser window, and simply forgot to click back on that window to 
> > get rid of it.
> 
> There were no prior references to Safari, in this thread.

Not Safari specifically, but the original message said ...

     "when I meant to do that in my web browsers"

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#54085

In article <alpine.OSX.2.11.1312301141360.8532@mako.ath.cx>,
 David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> wrote:

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> There were no prior references to Safari, in this thread.

Tiny mistake. He wrote "web browsers", he didn't specify the particular 
one. Is the distinction important in the context of this thread?

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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#54100

On 2013-12-30 20:19:00 +0000, Barry Margolin said:

> In article <alpine.OSX.2.11.1312301141360.8532@mako.ath.cx>,
>  David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
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>> There were no prior references to Safari, in this thread.
> 
> Tiny mistake. He wrote "web browsers", he didn't specify the particular
> one. Is the distinction important in the context of this thread?

It shouldn't be: The basic question is clearly applicable to the 
similar problem anywhere, should others with no *current* difficulty be 
following along.

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#54130

On 12/30/2013 9:25 AM PT, Barry Margolin typed:

>> My question is, what is Ant attempting to do, when he accidentally
>> uses the Mac universal close window (?W) and quit application (?Q)?
>> Is it something specific to Terminal?  Is he experiencing the same
>
> He said it in the initial post: he thought he was in a Safari window,
> and was trying to close that. My guess is he just copied something from
> Safari to Terminal, so he no longer needed the browser window, and
> simply forgot to click back on that window to get rid of it.

Exactly except I use the latest Firefox. At least Firefox prompts to 
quit or not to confirm. Or restore my sessions if I relaunch it.
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#54182

On 12/30/2013 7:06 AM PT, Barry Margolin typed:

>> Or at least ask me to
>> confirm the quit/close at least?
>
> In Terminal preferences, go to the Settings tab and the Shell sub-tab,
> and change the "Prompt before closing" option.

Weird how I missed this option. This is even better than 
changing/removing the hot keys. :)
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