[MlMt] Debugging custom keystrokes (another newbie question)

[Robert Goldman]

On 6 Nov 2017, at 4:23, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 4 Nov 2017, at 19:59, Robert Goldman wrote:
>
>> Follow-up questions:
>
> I *think* most of your questions are answered 
> [here](https://manual.mailmate-app.com/custom_key_bindings.html#key-bindings-in-mailmate).
>

You are right: when I went back I found that this did specify the 
separating character.  I was doing it right; I must just have forgotten 
the source of this information.
>> 2. Would it be possible to add a log entry if MailMate does not find 
>> a file?
>
> I've added this.

Thanks.  Will this pop-up in a beta build when I update?
>
>> 3. Are there any characters forbidden in filenames?
>
> No.

Then I guess I'm still at a loss.  When a keystroke fails to do what I 
expect, is there any debugging recourse?  Is there some sort of API that 
Apple supplies to let you query a keyboard configuration with a 
keystroke to find out what will happen?  Is there a logging capability 
that one can use to see how keystrokes were mapped in an application?

IMO that's the problem with all these domain-specific languages like the 
plist -- people who build them don't just *assume* that they'll go wrong 
sometime, as software always does, and think about how they can be 
debugged when the inevitable happens.

Best,
r
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