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Personal customizations for MailMate

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# MailMate Customizations

## Mailbox Layouts

The files [correspondence-arcs.plist](Layouts/Mailboxes/correspondence-arcs.plist) and [correspondence-arcs-widescreen.plist](Layouts/Mailboxes/correspondence-arcs-widescreen.plist) combine the *Correspondence* view with the *Thread Arcs* view. **Correspondence Arcs** is designed more for a taller, more narrow, view, while **Correspondence Arcs (Widescreen)** is designed for more for a widescreen layout. Additionally, in **Correspondence Arcs** I often hide the Messages sidebar and either use the Gmail shortcuts or ⌘T to access the *Go to Mailbox* feature.

![Correspondence Arcs, with hidden sidebar](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chauncey-garrett/mailmate/master/img/correspondence-arcs.png)

![Correspondence Arcs (Widescreen)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chauncey-garrett/mailmate/master/img/correspondence-arcs-widescreen.png)

## Key bindings

These are fairly self-explanatory if you look through the `plist` files. They should be placed in

```sh
~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings
```

NOTE: You may need to make the `KeyBindings` folder if you don't already have one. See [Installation](#installation) below.

### Gmail Keybindings

The key bindings in [gmail.plist](KeyBindings/gmail.plist) **are written to provide parity with Gmail,** to the extent that is feasible in MailMate. These go beyond what has already been done with the Gmail key bindings included in MailMate. A table of feature parity may be found in the file [Gmail Shortcuts.md](Gmail Shortcuts.md).

I have additionally included a couple of (IMHO) improvements to the standard version, which are in [gmail-extended.plist](KeyBindings/gmail-extended.plist):

| Shortcut | Description
| :---:    | :---
| gu       | go to smart mailbox, Unread
| gg       | move to the top of the list (Vim-style)
| ⇧G       | move to the bottom (Vim-style)
| r        | reply to message and insert salutation in message
| ⌘⇧F      | forward message as an attachment
| ⇧E       | archive all messages in the current thread
| Z        | redo
| N        | select next message for modification
| P        | select previous message for modification

## Installation

Mailmate user customizations are stored in `~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources`. If you don't have any customizations, I'll suggest doing this:

```sh
mkdir -p "$HOME/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources"
git clone https://github.com/chauncey-garrett/mailmate.git "$HOME/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources"
```

To set the tags shortcut to `l`, type this in terminal:

```sh
defaults write com.freron.MailMate MmTagsPreferencesKeyEquivalentsColumnEnabled -bool YES
```

Now, relaunch MailMate and set the shortcut in the preferences pane (MailMate > Preferences... > General > Custom Key Bindings > Enable). Enable the key bindings that you want by entering them in the box below, e.g. `trackpad-gestures,composer,gmail-extended`.

## Like it?

Add it to your toolbox; if not, open an [issue!](https://github.com/chauncey-garrett/mailmate/issues "chauncey-garrett/mailmate/issues") I appreciate all feedback.

## Author(s)

I specifically want to thank [Benny Kjær Nielsen](http://freron.com/about/index.html#about_me) for making this repository possible by producing [MailMate](http://freron.com), and for providing excellent customer support in regard to how to best make these customizations.

*The author(s) of this module should be contacted via the [issue tracker](https://github.com/chauncey-garrett/mailmate/issues "chauncey-garrett/mailmate/issues").*

- [Chauncey Garrett](https://github.com/chauncey-garrett "chauncey-garrett")

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