This MailMate bundle allows the user to insert text templates into emails. Use cases are for when relatively standard replies are useful. The text templates are simply text or markdown files in a folder hierarchy.
To install this bundle, copy this entire directory to ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Bundles/ and relaunch MailMate. Go to the preferences window and check that the bundle is installed and active.
The main command this bundle provides is Insert text template, which can be activated by pressing ⌘-T.
The first time the command is invoked, the user will be prompted to selected a root directory for the templates. (This directory is stored in the file ~/.texttemplate_config.) The user can later change this directory by running the command Change template directory.
When the command is invoked, the user is prompted to choose a text template file (extension should be .txt, .md, or variants, such as .text, .mdown, etc.). The chosen template file will be inserted at the line where the cursor is.
Since this bundle was written to give my wife similar functionality as the QuickText Thunderbird Extension, we support replacing the tags that my wife uses, which is currently only [[TO=firstname]] and [[TO=fullname]]. That is, if you use [[TO=firstname]] in the template, it will be replaced with the first name of the To recipient. No additional tags or options are currently supported.
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