[MlMt] changing a Hidden Preference back to its default

Steve Joyner 0l.mailmate at lst.sent.com
Sat Apr 24 02:19:07 EDT 2021


Thanks a lot for the assist Stephen!


--
/Steve

On 23 Apr 2021, at 23:49, Stephen Chong wrote:

> Hi,
>  You can run the following to set it back to its default behavior:
>
> ```defaults delete com.freron.MailMate MmComposerInitialFocus```
>
> Best,
> Steve.
>
> Pronouns: he/him/his
>
> On 23 Apr 2021, at 20:04, Steve Joyner wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm new to the list here. (I got tired of Apple Mail. As legacy user 
>> of Eudora and Mulberry, I was looking for a "purist" email client. So 
>> far, MailMate fits the bill. :)
>>
>>
>> Following the [hidden 
>> preferences](https://manual.mailmate-app.com/hidden_preferences.html) 
>> instructions, I applied the following via Terminal:
>>
>> - Some users prefer to always have the initial focus in the text 
>> editor of the Composer window, also for new messages:
>>
>> `defaults write com.freron.MailMate MmComposerInitialFocus -string 
>> "alwaysTextView"`
>>
>> I would like to set this back to its default; that is, I want to have 
>> the initial focus in the **To** field.
>>
>> I see the following in `com.freron.MailMate.plist`:
>>
>> `	<key>MmComposerInitialFocus</key>
>> 	<string>alwaysTextView</string>
>> 	<key>MmComposerMmBoxViewVerticalMmSplitViewVertical</key>
>> `
>>
>> ... but I don't know what to change `alwaysTextView` to.
>>
>> I'd be grateful for any help.
>>
>>
>> --
>> /Steve
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