Key Bindings cannot be changed

In my own keybindings file "taikeybinding.plist" (as attached), I changed almost nothing from Gmail.plist except that the first item "c" = "newMessage" was changed to "q" = "newMessage". Just for a simple. It did not work.
Thanks, Tai

Ok, it worked for me. To be specific:

1. In the preferences I have: “taikeybinding, Gmail”.
2. I copied the file to /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings/

Please check that you have the same.

I confirmed I did the same steps (1. & 2. above) like you, and it does not work for me. What do you need to proceed the troubleshooting?

I would like to verify once more that settings are correct. Could you do the following in the Terminal:

defaults read com.freron.MailMate | grep MmCustomKeyBindings 
ls ~/Library/Application\ Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings/

If that does not show what is wrong then the next step is probably a debug version of MailMate.

I executed those two lines you gave and this is what Terminal shows:

tcgneh_:~ mac$ defaults read com.freron.MailMate | grep MmCustomKeyBindings
MmCustomKeyBindingsEnabled = 1; tcgneh_:~ mac$ ls ~/Library/Application\ Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings/
taikeybinding.plist

Ok, something is wrong. I also get:

MmCustomKeyBindingsName = "taikeybinding, Gmail";

I think maybe it is all related to the changes in the text field for this setting not being committed. That might not happen if just closing the window or changing preferences pane without first hitting the “Enter” key.

In any case, you should be able to make it work by doing the following (but first try the GUI again):

defaults write com.freron.MailMate MmCustomKeyBindingsName "taikeybinding, Gmail"

Restart MailMate after doing the above.

You are right and I appreciate you help. Now self-made key bindings work! I think I know why things went awry:

Although I checked the box to enable "Custom Key Bindings", I forgot to hit the Enter key to make the items selected (i.e., shaded in the blue shadow). Instead, "taikeybinding, Gmail" were not selected. So MailMate couldn't take my input.

Now, I have been able to add my own keywords and toggle them! Beautiful!

Now what I am going to do is to recommend this wonderful email client to my friends using mac.

Thanks a bunch, Benny.

I'm glad we found the problem. I'll keep this ticket open for fixing this: Automatically end editing of the text field when leaving the preferences window (changing focus).