mrimer
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Registered: 02-04-2003
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Re: The controversial escape key (0)
I don't see a problem with using Escape to escape out of the app. If it's just the confirmation dialog that's throwing everyone for a loop, then how about just exiting immediately upon pressing Escape from the title screen. No data will be lost, it's quickly reversible, and it's convenient. And, as some have observed, it's a boss key. (There've been boss keys since "Rogue" -- a classic ASCII game which actually brought up a fake DOS prompt w/o leaving the game). Clicking on Quit or the 'X' will still bring up the dialog, in which case the confirmation pop-up is displayed (and it works like it does now). If Alt-F4 is hit, this will save and immediately exit.
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