Re: [Evolution] Settings not being retained

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 16:01 -0600, Bart Hollis wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 10:10 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-05-01 at 16:34 -0600, Bart Hollis wrote:
> > > Evolution 3.6.3 on openSuse 12.3
> > >
> > > Hope I'm using the correct terminology here:
> > > When I start Evolution, there are 5 sections in the window,
> > > The Menu bar(s) across the top
> > > Upper left is a folder list.
> > > Lower left are buttons for Mail, Contacts, etc.
> > > Upper right is list of messages for the current folder.
> > > Lower right is a preview of the current message.
> > >
> > > In this version of Evolution, the size of the message preview section is
> > > not remembered and is shrunken down to the bottom of the main window.
> > >
> > > This is obviously a new undocumented feature, as it didn't act this way
> > > in previous versions.  I am hesitant to upgrade the version number as it
> > > is not available in the openSuse repositories and I don't want to create
> > > any problems.
> > >
> > > This is not the end of the world, but I'm wondering if it is possible to
> > > manually modify the file where current settings are stored, and put in
> > > the sizes I wish?  Would it stick then?
> >
> > A similar issue was discussed on the list in the last few weeks. Check
> > the list archives.
> >
> > poc
> According to the openSUSE forum, to update Evolution to version 3.8, I
> would have to update the entire Gnome system.  As I stated, I'm using
> KDE, so I don't have all of Gnome installed.

I very much doubt you would need "all of Gnome", but then I know nothing
about how openSUSE packaging works. BTW I also use KDE (on Fedora).

poc