Re: [Evolution] Questions about Help and Signature files - Evolution 1.4.5

[Mark Phillips <mark phillipsmarketing biz>]

Thanks!

Mark Phillips
On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 18:10, guenther wrote:
> > 2. How can I edit a signature file? I setup a signature file through
> > Tools->Settings, Edit my email account. I can select different
> > signatures and create new signatures, but I cannot find a way to edit or
> > delete one of the existing signatures. Do I have to do this outside of
> > evolution? Where are the files stored?
>
> To edit/manage/delete your signatures, see:
>  Tools / Settings / Composer Preferences / Signatures
>
> The signatures are stored in your ~/evolution/signatures/ directory. New
> signatures are generated with file names like signature-X, where X is a
> number. These files are associated with user provided descriptive names
> using GConf keys.
>
>
> Spoiler: Now, if you wanna play around with this [1] you can. Sure, you
> can mess with the relevant GConf keys, but symlinks perfectly work. So
> you can have that files point somewhere else. I have my signatures
> living ~/.signatures/. This may be handy, if you have to use another
> mailer some times, sharing sigs. As if anyone would want to... ;)
>
> See your old signatures or create a new one, using some unique text.
> Remove the relevant signature file and create a symlink pointing to your
> existing one.
>
> ...guenther
>
>
> [1]  Actually, only IF you want. This is more for the archives and any
> curious readers, who wanna customize Evo some more.
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