diff --git a/include/viswin.cpp b/include/viswin.cpp
index 9fc7be1eb..f7f3ffb4e 100755
--- a/include/viswin.cpp
+++ b/include/viswin.cpp
@@ -1167,6 +1167,12 @@ void TViswin::txt_clear(COLOR color)
   set_mode(M_COPY);
   bar ((X_OFFSET-1), Y_OFFSET -1, columns()+1, rows()-BUTTONROW_SIZE);
 }        
+
+bool TViswin::can_be_closed() const
+{
+  ((TViswin*)this)->on_button(DLG_QUIT);
+  return FALSE;
+}
         
 void TViswin::update ()
 {
@@ -1243,7 +1249,8 @@ void TViswin::on_button(short dlg)
   switch (dlg)
   {
     case DLG_QUIT:
-     if (_isopen) abort_print();
+     if (_isopen) 
+       abort_print();
      else
      {
        xvt_statbar_set("");