[MlMt] MailMate and TextExpander

[Kee Hinckley]

I don't know if this is related, probably not, but fwiw.  I had a problem with textexpander where sometimes a macro would fail to insert what it was supposed to, and instead would insert the contents of the clipboard. It turned out that they are doing some odd clipboard substitution and there can be a race condition if the machine is loaded. Tweaking a setting (sorry, can't remember which one and I'm 11 time zones away from my laptop) to be a bit longer fixed the problem.

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> On Jun 10, 2015, at 10:58 PM, Sherman Wilcox <shermanwilcox at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
>> On 10 Jun 2015, at 10:00, mailmate-request at lists.freron.com wrote:
>> 
>> As a data point, this is not happening for me with the 
>> newest
>> textexpander.
> 
> Thanks. I’ve done more testing. It’s still happening to me, and it’s
> quite puzzling. Here’s what I’ve discovered.
> 
> Scenario 1:
> (1) Select some text for quoting. Type “r” for reply. When the new
> message with quoted text appears, type Return. The problem appears: The
> cursor skips back a space (back a return, actually, to the end of the
> quote), “R” appears at the end of the quote. The Edit menu lights up, so
> something is happening with Edit.
> 
> Cancel out that message.
> 
> (2) Try the same thing again, and the second time it does not happen.
> 
> Scenario 2:
> (1) Comment out the “r” keybinding. Use Command-r for a reply. All is
> well, no problem whatsoever.
> 
> So, for me, the problem does seem to be related to the keybinding of “r”
> but I can’t understand what it might be. As I say, this problem does not
> appear with Typinator. 
> 
> HOWEVER...
> 
> In replying to this thread, I've just discovered another issue which
> points away from MailMate. I decided to reply from my Fastmail account,
> using Safari instead of MailMate (don't ask why). The procedure there is
> to (1) Type "c" to compose a new message, (2) type in the address. When
> I do this, a "C" appears immediately as I begin to type the address (in
> other words, I get "CMailmate at lists.freron.com"). And the Edit menu in
> Safari lights up. So this is EXACTLY the same problem. It clearly has
> something to do with TextExpander on my system, because it I quit TE,
> the problem goes away in both MailMate and Safari.
> 
> So... a little more exploring and I've discovered that if I turn off the
> option in TE to capitalize sentences, this problem goes away. Problem
> solved, for me.
> 
> Thanks to all who replied.
> 
> -- 
> Sherman Wilcox
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