Re: [Evolution] Preview vertical layout

[George Reeke <reeke mail rockefeller edu>]

Dear Jerm et al,

On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 01:54 -0400, Jerm wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 and thought I'd give Evolution a
> try.  I'm mostly happy except for a things here and there which, no
> doubt, will eventually push me to another application.  For example, I
> have a wide screen and have set up my preview layout to be vertical
> instead of the default horizontal.
>
> However, Evolution creates a narrow preview pane and a very very wide
> messages pane which, obviously, is pointless.  So I drag the divider
> to the left, making the preview pane wider.
>
> Evolution forgets about this when I re-start it and defaults the
> preview pane to a super narrow one.  Is there a way to fix this?

[I sent this reply back on July 5 but it was bounced due to
a greylisting problem.  I'm sending it again in case my
workaround is still of interest to the OP or others.  -GNR]

Although you have a newer version, this sounds like a problem I
have always had with window sizes.  Have a look at this posting:
http://www.mail-archive.com/evolution-list gnome org/msg13662.html
[The workaround I found was to eliminate evolution from the automatic
startup and start it from the panel icon on each bootup (not so often
as to be a real bother).  Then, for me at least with evo 2.12.3,
it uses the window parameters from last time.]
Good luck,
George Reeke