Keyboard shortcut to quit kernel in Mathematica 5 and 7?

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Here is an explanation how to define a custom keyboard shortcut for quitting the kernel of the selected notebook by modifying the file KeyEventTranslations.tr. This file is located by default (under Windows) for Mathematica 5.2 in the folder

C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\5.2\SystemFiles\FrontEnd\TextResources\Windows

and for Mathematica 7.0.1 in the folder

C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\7.0\SystemFiles\FrontEnd\TextResources\Windows

In this file after EventTranslations[{ I have added a line:

Item[KeyEvent["q", Modifiers -> {Control}],FrontEndExecute[FrontEndToken[SelectedNotebook[],"EvaluatorQuit",Automatic]]]

But unfortunately after restarting Mathematica the shortcut Control+q does not work on both versions.

Moreover, in Mathematica 7.0.1 executing the command

FrontEndExecute[FrontEndToken[SelectedNotebook[], "EvaluatorQuit", Automatic]]

and pressing "Quit" leads to an application error and closing FrontEnd with loosing all unsaved changes (I am using Windows 2000).

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: The problem was in missing comma after added Item[...] (thanks to belisarius). Here is the right line to add to KeyEventTranslations.tr:

Item[KeyEvent["q", Modifiers -> {Control}],FrontEndExecute[FrontEndToken[SelectedNotebook[],"EvaluatorQuit",Automatic]]],

Now shortcut Control+q works nice both in Mathematica 5.2 and 7.0.1. But the above bug with "application error" still appears (not when using the shortcut but only when evaluating FrontEndExecute[FrontEndToken[SelectedNotebook[], "EvaluatorQuit", Automatic]] in notebook).

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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This answer and the associated comments may help you.

HTH!

BTW ... I did the same in v7 and it worked. On what version are you having trouble?

Just a note: Be very careful with the syntax Verify that every Item[Keyevent ends with a comma, except the last one.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Feb 06 '11 at 11:21

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That answer is linked in my post. The problem is with versions 5.2 and 7.0.1 but with v.7.0.1 it is much deeper (see the last but one paragraph in my post). – Alexey Popkov Feb 06 '11 at 11:56
@Alexey Sorry, I didn't see the link. – Dr. belisarius Feb 06 '11 at 11:59
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@Alexey Just a note: Be very careful with the syntax Verify that every Item[Keyevent ends with a comma, except the last. – Dr. belisarius Feb 06 '11 at 12:21
Thank you for the note about syntax! I forgot about the comma. That was my mistake. Now `Control+q` works nice in both Mathematica 5.2 and 7.0.1. Thank you again! – Alexey Popkov Feb 06 '11 at 13:38
Another question: is there a way to avoid the "Quit Kernel" dialog and to quit kernel immediately after pressing `Ctrl+q`? – Alexey Popkov Feb 06 '11 at 14:13
@Alexey I don't know. But may be dangerous :D – Dr. belisarius Feb 06 '11 at 14:24

Keyboard shortcut to quit kernel in Mathematica 5 and 7?

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