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EVE QUIT — VMS 5.5-2H4

 QUIT

 Ends the editing session without writing a new file or new version of an
 existing file.  That is, you discard the edits made during the session,
 except those you already written out with SAVE FILE or WRITE FILE.

 Steps:

    1.  Use QUIT (or with the WPS keypad, press GOLD-K).

    2.  If you modified any buffers and have not written
        out your edits, EVE prompts you to confirm that you
        are quitting, to avoid accidentally losing your work.

        Type Yes to quit, or No to continue editing.

 Usage notes:

 o  If you did NOT modify any buffers, or if you have already written out
    your edits, QUIT does not prompt you for confirmation.  Also, in such
    cases, EXIT and QUIT are the same.  Thus, you can quit by pressing a
    key defined as EXIT, such as F10 or CTRL/Z.

 o  By default, QUIT or EXIT prompts you whether to save attributes if you
    changed any during the editing session (for example, if you enabled
    pending delete, box-style selections, visible tabs, and so on):

       Command: QUIT
       Attributes were changed. Save them [YES]?

    If you want to save attributes, simply press RETURN---EVE then does a
    SAVE ATTRIBUTES before continuing with the exit (see help on
    Attributes).  If you do not want to save attributes, type No and press
    RETURN.

 o  If you do not want QUIT or EXIT to prompt you about saving attributes,
    use (and save) SET NOEXIT ATTRIBUTE CHECK.  However, this setting does
    not apply to your current editing session, but only to subsequent
    sessions when you use the sectionn file or command file in which you
    saved the setting.

 Related topics:

    EXIT     SET EXIT ATTRIBUTE CHECK     SET EXIT NOATTRIBUTE CHECK

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