[MlMt] Adding header fields to pop-up menu in composition

Randall Gellens mailmate at randy.pensive.org
Sat Mar 17 15:36:53 EDT 2018


On 17 Mar 2018, at 12:17, Bill Cole wrote:

> On 17 Mar 2018, at 14:53 (-0400), Randall Gellens wrote:
>
>> On 16 Mar 2018, at 17:13, Bill Cole wrote:
>>
>>> On 16 Mar 2018, at 14:34, Randall Gellens wrote:
>>>
>>>> How would I add other header fields to the pop-up menu for extra 
>>>> header fields when composing a message?
>>>
>>> Override the composerHeaders.plist file:
>>>
>>> cd Library/Application\ Support/MailMate/Resources
>>> cp 
>>> /Applications/MailMate.app/Contents/Resources/Layouts/composerHeaders.plist 
>>> .
>>> vi composerHeaders.plist
>>>
>>> The format is an old-style non-xml ASCII property list, like all the 
>>> MM customization files.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Hmm.  Adding new entries in the same format has no effect on the 
>> pop-up menu.  Not even the added separator shows up.
>
> You do need to restart MailMate for changes to take effect.

Yeah, I figured so :-)

> If not restarting wasn't the problem, you can check the format of the 
> file:
>
> ~$ plutil -lint Library/Application\ 
> Support/MailMate/Resources/Layouts/composerHeaders.plist
> Library/Application 
> Support/MailMate/Resources/Layouts/composerHeaders.plist: OK

Ah, the problem was that the composerHeaders.plist file was in 
Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources instead of 
Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/Layouts.  Thanks.


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