Re: [Evolution] Signatures are not saved

["Paulo Cesar G. Costa" <paulo costafamily org>]

John,

Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, I am using the "Signature" tab under "Composer Preferences", and when
clicking on the "Add" button I get the "Edit Signature" window. After entering
the field "Signature Name" and the signature itself in the edit window, I click
on "Save and Close" (or select the associated menu option) and the window
closes. However, although the title of the saved signature appears in the
"Signature" window, when I select the title nothing appears in the edit window.
If I try to click on the "Edit" button when the signature title is selected, I
get the "Add Script" window instead.

I went to the folder home/pc/.config/evolution/signatures and, sure enough, it
was empty. When trying to save the signature following the above method, nothing
is added to that folder.
The folder permissions are pc:pc so I don't thing this is what is preventing
evolution from saving in that folder.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Paulo



On Wed, 2019-01-23 at 13:10 -0500, Dr. John H. Lauterbach wrote:
> 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.
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