[Usability]close vs quit

[Ingalls <bingalls panix com>]

I have to dig out my old CUA docs, but I remember that the proper 
keybindings are
Ctl-F4    close window
Alt-F4    quit

Unfortunately, these are not the bindings that Gnome has chosen.
I recall these bindings in the CUA compliant OS/2, Motif & MS Windows.

Is it too late to correct this?

It is reasonable to provide synonyms, where possible, for these 
bindings, such as
C-w & C-q in the Mac style, just as Microsoft provides C-c, C-v & C-x as 
synonyms for the CUA
standards C-insert, Sh-insert & Sh-delete

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