Disappearing shortcuts

Wow! Thanks, Craig. I just reproduced this, too. The good news is when I quit and restarted MarsEdit, they were all back.

So my advice until I figure out and fix this bug, is after editing a custom tag, quit and restart ME ASAP to make sure your existing shortcuts are preserved.

This is an ugly one - really appreciate your reporting it.

Daniel

I am experiencing this problem in 1.2.1 - though as suggested shortcuts do reappear after a restart it is a little disconcerting.

Martin

It is happening consistently for me.

(I've been stuck offline for much of the past few months, but yesterday finally got Internet service, so I hope to be a bit more active in the forum going forward.)

--Craig

Dear Daniel,

I was having a problem with 1.2.1 and you suggested I back up a version to test things further. I did, reverting to 1.2, but then I had to put my Mac in the shop for a different problem. I just got it back (along with Internet access) but haven't worked on that problem yet.

When I edited the custom tags list, nothing showed up in the RPC Console. This is in 1.2, but I think it happened on 1.2.1 on my backup Mac as well. (I didn't check the RPC Console.)

The problem was indeed fixed earlier on, but it somehow seems to have come back for me.

--Craig

Oops. Nothing new showed up in Console when I edited the custom tags, but this showed up when I opened MarsEdit.

===== Monday, August 13, 2007 3:25:29 PM Japan =====
2007-08-13 15:25:33.581 MarsEdit[798] Can't open input server /Library/InputManagers/Smart Crash Reports.bundle
2007-08-13 15:25:33.700 MarsEdit[798] CFLog (21): dyld returns 2 when trying to load /Users/craig/Library/ScriptingAdditions/KeyCue.1.0.osax/Contents/MacOS/KeyCue

I used KeyCue briefly when I switched from Windows but haven't used it for a long time.  It must have migrated with me when I switched to my newer Mac.  I have no idea if it relates to this problem.

--Craig

I tried Takaaki's suggestion and deleted the ScriptingAddition for KeyCue. However, that did not seem to fix the problem.

The Console log still give the other error when MarsEdit launches, but doesn't record anything when the problem occurs.

Here is the Console log.

===== Monday, August 13, 2007 10:12:14 PM Japan =====
2007-08-13 22:12:18.568 MarsEdit[900] Can't open input server /Library/InputManagers/Smart Crash Reports.bundle

--Craig

Daniel, I removed the bundle, launched MarsEdit and tried editing my custom tags.  The shortcuts still disappear whenever I do (and reappear after I quit and relaunch).  This time nothing at all showed up in the Console from launch through editing the tags.  Still a mystery.

--Craig

I haven't tried editing shortcuts for a while, but I just did and, sorry to say, they all disappeared after I added a new one. This time they weren't restored by quitting and relaunching.

From the lack of feedback on the forum, I may be the only one experiencing this problem, but still I thought I should update you.

--Craig

Sorry. I should have done that.  MarsEdit 2.0.3.

And speaking of MarsEdit 2, I like the changes and improvements.

--Craig

The Console log was filled with a lot of unrelated WebKit errors, so rather than wade through all of that, I cleared the log and tried editing shortcuts again.  I found something unremarkable, something surprising and something embarrassing.

The unremarkable thing was that nothing appeared in the Console.

The surprising thing is that, though the shortcuts don't appear in the Markup menu, they do appear in the Markup Macros edit window.

The embarrassing thing is that they work.  I was misremembering the shortcuts I had created, so when I pressed option-command-whatever, I got the system error TONK sound.  I should have been using CONTROL-option-command-whatever.

Being able to see the shortcuts in the menu would be helpful, especially for less frequently used shortcuts and especially for idiots like me who can't remember what they just created, but at least the shortcuts are working.

--Craig

Ouch - I realize I just seriously misunderstood the behavior being reported, because I was conflating the bug report from previously with a new (intentional) behavior in 2.0.3 and later.

In 2.0.3 and later, the shortcuts themselves *never* show up in the popup menu. This is unfortunate, and I would have liked to have left them there, but it turned out to cause trouble with having them in both the popup menu and in the main menu (Post -> Markup).

I wanted to show the markup items in the main menu, for completeness and because otherwise users who hide the toolbar can't use the macros. But an unfortunate sacrifice is I can't *show* the shortcuts in the popup. The shortcuts should still work, however.

Daniel