[MlMt] Styles.plist and dark mode

[John Cooper]

Although I don't experience the same difficulty in Dark Mode as you do, 
this is very well explained and useful to know. Thank you!

Glenn Parker wrote (at 7:32 on 21 May 2019):

> For those who haven’t yet delved into MailMate’s “hidden” 
> preferences, I just want to note that some minor tweaking in 
> ~/Library/Application\ Support/MailMate/Styles.plist can make a very 
> big difference in the UI experience.
>
> In the more recent versions of MailMate, the application automatically 
> adopts a “dark” mode if the System Preferences (under 
> General/Appearance) are set that way.  While that’s generally a good 
> thing, at least to my eye, it almost eliminates the visible impact of 
> showing unread messages with a bold font in the message list.  The key 
> issue is that bold white text on a gray background does not stand out 
> from the un-bolded text the way it does when the foreground/background 
> are reversed.  I tend to keep messages marked as unread for a while, 
> so it’s important for me to be able to visually fish them out of the 
> ocean of other messages (preferably without losing the overall context 
> of the message list by switching to an alternate view).
>
> This is my personal Styles.plist, which one must create in the 
> ~/Library/Application\ Support/MailMate directory.
>
>     {   styles = (
>             {   type = keyword;
>                 keyword = '\\Flagged';
>                 color = "#FF6666";
>             },
>             {   type = keyword;
>                 keyword = '\\Seen';
>                 color = "#888888";
>             },
>         );
>     }
>
> Knocking the brightness of messages flagged as “Seen” down to 50% 
> gray (“#888888”) does not make them invisible, but the lower 
> contrast is a bit easier on the eyes, and it clearly distinguishes 
> them from the few unread messages floating around.  Likewise, flagged 
> messages get a real visibility bump with a light red color 
> (“#FF6666”).  The styles work together nicely, making unread and 
> flagged messages both bold and red, so they really scream out for 
> attention.
>
> Glenn P. Parker
> glenn.parker at comcast.net
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