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<p dir="auto">Yes, Thank you Billy and Glenn. I corrected the common error of not scrolling the code text to see the whole line. I’ve entered the command (no errors this time!) and created the Styles.plist folder. </p>
<p dir="auto">I’m not sure of what I need to enter in the folder for what I want to do. </p>
<p dir="auto">I want to color the text (and if possible, the background of that text) of the 1 email line in any mailbox. Not based on criteria other than that I’ve flagged the email. Bold text would also be nice. </p>
<p dir="auto">From this sample:</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://manual.mailmate-app.com/hidden_preference">https://manual.mailmate-app.com/hidden_preference</a></p>
<p dir="auto">I’m having trouble creating the Styles.plist file. I’ve used the Terminal vim command to get vi running and I paste this (see below) into the file and exit, succeeding in crating the file but (again!) I get the error message from Terminal that it doesn’t have the proper format. </p>
<p dir="auto">The example doesn’t include correct headers (<plist>, </plist>, etc.) and who knows what else that anyone doing this <em>should</em> know. (c; </p>
<p dir="auto">This is what I <em>think</em> needs to be the core of the Styles.plist file to do what I want (of course, correct me if I’m wrong):</p>
<p dir="auto">{ styles = (<br>
{ type = keyword;<br>
keyword = '\Flagged';<br>
color = "#00FF00"; // choosing my own color, of course<br>
fontStyle = "bold";<br><br>
},<br>
);<br>
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<p dir="auto">Thanks,<br>
Dave</p>
<p dir="auto">On 22 Aug 2020, at 12:04, Glenn Parker wrote:</p>
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<div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="white-space:normal"><p dir="auto">Billy is correct. The command you used was missing the “-bool YES” at the end. You can cut and paste the correct command directly from the MailMate Help window.</p>
<p dir="auto">Glenn P. Parker<br>
glenn.parker@comcast.net</p>
<p dir="auto">On 22 Aug 2020, at 14:32, Billy Youdelman wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">On 22 Aug 2020, at 11:21, Dave C wrote:</p>
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<pre style="background-color:#E4E4E4; border:thin solid gray; margin-left:15px; margin-right:15px; max-width:90vw; overflow-x:auto; padding:5px" bgcolor="#E4E4E4"><code>defaults write com.freron.MailMate MmMessageColorsEnabled
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<p dir="auto">I think you will need to do this (can't test it right now, though)..</p>
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