Re: [Evolution] Signatures are not saved

["Dr. John H. Lauterbach" <john lauterbachandassociates net>]

On Wed, 2019-01-23 at 12:14 -0500, Paulo Cesar G. Costa wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I cannot make signatures to work. They do not get saved at all.
>
> > Edit > Preferences > Signature Tab > Add
>
> - Opens the Edit Signature window and let me create a signature
> - I wrote "test" as "Signature Name" and "signature goes here" as a dummy text
> in the signature window.
> - Clicked on the Arrow button to save and close (also tried the menu option)
> - "test" appears listed in the "Signatures" window, but selecting it does not
> show the dummy text, just a blank window 
> - Added the signature to an account and wrote a message. The signature's name
> appears as an option, but adding it does nothing.
> - Send the message to myself and double checked nothing was included as
> signature.
>
> If I try to click "Edit" on the Signatures tab when "test" is selected (or any
> other signature), instead of an edit window I get the "Edit Signature Script"
> window asking me to input a file...
> I repeated the above many times, with plain text, with HTML text, etc. All to
> no
> avail.
>
> I am either missing something very obvious or have a broken permissions system
> (unlikely since everything else works).
>
> Please, let me know what am I missing and/or how to repair it.
>
>
> Paulo
>
> Configuration:
> Evolution 3.30.1-1build1
> Ubuntu 18.10 - kernel 4.18.0-13-generic
> install source: ubuntu-cosmic-universe 
>
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I am using same configuration you are using except that I use Unity desktop.  On
mine, the add signature is under composer preferences.  No problem editing or
adding signatures.