Default editor

PleegWat pleegwat at telfort.nl
Sat Sep 13 15:54:24 UTC 2008


Karl Larsen wrote:
> Jason Wilson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I apologize in advance if this is a bit off-topic. Using Ubuntu 8.04, any 
>> time I double-click on a text file, gedit opens up. It seems that it is 
>> set as my default text editor. How do I change it? I'd like to use GVim as 
>> I like it better. So, what's the process to change default editors in 
>> Gnome?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> ----------------------
>> | Jason Wilson       |
>> | jwilson at noosaj.com |
>> | www.noosaj.com     |
>> ----------------------
>>
>>   
>     Choose a file that causes Gedit to be called. Right click the file 
> and click on Open with and it will now be Gedit. Reset it to Gvim and 
> you will be set. Now...why anyone wants vim as an editor is beyond me :-)
> 
> 
> Karl

Well, once you're past the learning cliff, vi is simply a much faster to 
use, more powerful editor. IMHO of course.

PleegWat




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