[MlMt] Debugging custom keystrokes (another newbie question)

[Robert Goldman]

On 7 Nov 2017, at 6:54, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 6 Nov 2017, at 15:43, Robert Goldman wrote:
>
>>>> 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?
>
> Yes, it should work in the next 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?
>
> Sorry, neither the system or MailMate does much to help you here.
>
> You can send me your key bindings file and I'll see if I can spot the 
> problem. That's the best I can offer you for now.

It's quite simple, and it was mostly copied from the manual and from 
GitHub resources.  This is all it is:
```
{
     "^@\U000D" = "send:"; // Cmd + Return
     "^@\U000A" = "send:"; // Cmd + Enter
     // spacebar like Thunderbird
     " " = "scrollPageDownOrNextUnreadMessage:";
     // tag commands
     "t" = {
	"p" = ( "setTag:", "Primrose" );
         };
}
```

and it's in a file called `rpg-bindings.plist` in `~/Library/Application 
Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings/`

My keybinding preference text field is like this:
`Postbox,rpg-bindings`
and the "Custom Key Bindings" "Enable:" checkbox is checked.

When I try using the `t-p` combination in the messages window, it seems 
like some other keybinding interfere, and I get a thread display (I 
believe this is coming from the Postbox bindings).  When I try Cmd + 
Return in a compose buffer, I just get a beep.

I have probably just done something obvious and stupid, but I can't for 
the life of me figure out what... I don't even know how to tell if my 
file is failing to parse (although `plutil` says it is OK), or if the 
file is simply never being read.

Thanks, and sorry for all the questions,
r
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