Re: [Evolution] Settings not being retained

[George Reeke <reeke mail rockefeller edu>]

Dear Bart et al,
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
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> > > 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
Does KDE have something like Gnome's Preferences->Sessions->Save the
Current Session button?  If so, set the evolution window(s) the way
you like and try clicking this and then logging out and in again.
It worked for me (on an older version on Gnome).
Good luck,
George Reeke