column changes made by the dialog not stored

Thanks for your bug. Happens on edgy. Actions done with the right click menu are stored, changes made with the UI dialog are not. I've forwarded that upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360388

The bug has been fixed upstream now

 evolution (2.12.1-0ubuntu1) gutsy-proposed; urgency=low
 .
   * New bugfix upstream release:
     - #311179: Prevent label from gaining focus by <Tab>.
     - #324472: Tasks marked as complete using multiple selection are now saved.
     - #337539: Omit left column when showing list of contacts.
     - #340748: Notifies others about field change (Closes LP: #64337).
     - #468736: Fixed an infinite loop when printing calendar events.
     - #474557: Fix runtime warnings when changing views in contacts.
     - #478757: Bump required GtkHTML minimum version to 3.16.
     - #478871: Show proper 'Fields shown' description for all tables.
     - #480804: Fix a crash on missing glade file.
     - Translations updated.
   * Refresh debian/patches/70_no-mail-remote-plugin.patch.
   * Drop debian/patches/80_from_bugzilla_fix_add_calendar_glade.patch - fixed in this release.
   * Bump Build-Dep and Dep on gtkhtml3.14 to (>= 3.16).
   * Bump Build-Dep on libgtkhtml3.14-dev to (>= 3.16).

evolution (2.21.2-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    Bug fixes:
    - #231166: Do not start appointment time drop-down at midnight
    - #255051: No way to abort creation of new task
    - #315101: Receiving list of components, so made changes here to reflect it
    - #318592: Allow UI notification of links inserted in composer
    - #318604: Automatically enable view of the task list you add a task to
    - #334675: When only one message is selected, try to use selected text
      in preview as description, instead of whole message body
    - #341085: Use 'x_offset' instead of changing event size when has icons
    - #343011: restore collapse state of selected folder after start
    - #346693: Too Many All Day Events force Calendar
      to grow beyond screen-height
    - #351932: Ensure due date is not before start date
    - #353779: Allow convert more than one mail to meeting with one click
    - #353780: Stop processing immediately when page is filled incorrectly
    - #359267: Not all memos are showed in calendar view
    - #463946: Fix of critical warning and misused variable
    - #478704: Remove dead files from source control
    - #209425: Get rid of deprecated icons from gnome-icon-theme
    - #484064: Use mail-message-new instead of mail-send for composing mail to
      contact, contacts or group
    - #487318: Fix typo in D-Bus
    - #488298: Disable marking of Drafts as junk
    - #491345: Hide completed tasks option requires evo's restart
    - #492058: Name the anonymous unions to build with the Sun Studio compiler.
    - #492102: Use mail-mark-read icon
    - #492106: Use the about icon from the freedesktop spec,
      not the deprecated gnomeui icon
    - #492170: Replace the old color definitions with very similar colors from
      the Tango color palette
    - #492692: Plug memory leak
    - #493646: Fixed a crash at startup
    New in 2.21.1:
    - New plugin: external-editor, which will make it possible to use
      an external editor as the mail composer
    - Support for Google Calendar
    - New Tango look icons
    Bug fixes:
    - #228832: Show tasks in calendar
    - #230339: Print also location, if present. (LP: #11843)
    - #261165: Added search on CC and BCC
    - #271734: Show description of operation, if available
    - #300693: Removed obsolete code and references to
      "task-sort" virtual column
    - #311179: Avoid selection of label text by Tab
    - #323977: Filters Editor Needs UI Modifications
    - #324472: Tasks marked as complete using multiple selection are now saved
    - #329823: Added support to change component's button icon
    - #329823: Icon change to reflect new mail
    - #331421: Make contact list name clickable
    - #331578: Run command line in other thread rather than in main thread
    - #337539: Omit left column when showing list of contacts
    - #340748: Notifies others about change (LP: #64337)
    - #342283: Behave consistently when printing
    - #346146: Appointments in "Sent Items" should not
      display Accept/Decline buttons
    - #346686: Uses new helper function to determine if row is editable
    - #351333: Added more descriptive hint over se...

Verification done with the Gutsy proposed package, now it remember the preferences for the fields. thanks.

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