I regularly use MailMate as my email client because it allows customization.
To make it more to my liking, I have:
- Added a set of custom key bindings that are inspired by Vi/Mutt/Gmail.
- Added a custom fixed layout view that ports the correspondence view to widescreen.
- Freed normal key bindings via "System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts".
# Viewing/Reading Messages
# If the message pane is focused, then the key bindings affect the messages pane
# If the message pane is not focused, then the key bindings affect the correspondence pane
j/k Select next/previous message
J/K Select current email and move down/up (always in messages pane!)
n/p Go to next/previous thread
h/l Collapse/expand thread
S-Space/Space Scroll up/down in content pane
P/: Scroll up/down in content pane
u Toggle read/unread status
s Toggle starred status
e Archive
v Move message (opens move message window)
! Move to junk
# Delete message (also bound to Command-Backspace)
c New message
r Reply all
R Reply reply-to (sender) only
f Forward message
O Show previous format (usually used to go back to plaintext)
o Show next format (usually to go to HTML)
L Load images once
d Save attachments
T Show/focus thread (leave view with Backspace/Esc)
# Composing
Command-I Focus identity selector ("From")
Command-S Focus signature selector
Command-M Toggle markdown mode
Command-K Toggle markdown preview (when in compose mode)
# General
/ Search all messages
z Undo
Z Redo
Backspace Go back in history
Shift-Backspace Go forward in history
# Movement
; Go to inbox (opens go to mailbox window)
Command-J/K Go to next/previous inbox (pane does not to be focused)
Option-J/K Go to next/previous inbox with non-zero count (pane does not to be focused)
gg Go to first message in messages/correspondence pane (depending on focus)
gi Go to inbox mailbox
gd Go to drafts mailbox
gs Go to starred/flagged messages mailbox
gt Go to sent messages mailbox
G Go to last message in messages/correspondence pane (depending on focus)
# Focusing
Command-h Focus mailbox pane
Command-j/8 Focus correspondence pane
Command-k/9 Focus messages pane
Command-l/0 Focus message view (useful scrolling)
To install the custom key bindings and/or custom layout, you just need to symlink them:
mkdir -p "~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings"
ln -s KeyBindings/cao.plist "~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings/cao.plist"
mkdir -p "~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/Layouts/Mailboxes"
ln -s Layouts/Mailboxes/wide_correspondence.plist "~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/Layouts/Mailboxes/wide_correspondence.plist"
The following MailMate key bindings conflicted for me, and I remapped them to Shift-Control-Option-Command-F12, as unmapping seems to be impossible:
- Move to Junk
- Jump to Selection
- Delete
- Delete Now
- Hide MailMate
There are some issues that I have not been able to look into. If you know how to resolve them, I would appreciate if you would let me know.
- When deleting an email, multiple messages might become selected (via the correspondence pane).
- Panes might not get restored to original size (this might be an interaction with automatic resizing via Yabai). It might make sense to just fix them to a specific size.
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