Default editor

[Karl Larsen]

PleegWat wrote:
> 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
>
>   
    Yes well I didn't mention that I still use the editor joe. It is a 
Word Star editor and it was what I used on my Commodor 64 computer. 
Ctl-K this and Ctl-k that and they are all etched into my brain forever. 
Young people of course expect the nice automatic things in Gedit and 
Write. But when your computer was small and your company new, it was 
just great.

    If you like Word Star in a terminal do $ sudo apt-get install joe 
and it will be yours to use and love :-)

Karl


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