Default editor

[Jason Wilson]

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| Jason Wilson       |
| jwilson at noosaj.com |
| www.noosaj.com     |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 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.
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>> | Jason Wilson       |
>> | jwilson at noosaj.com |
>> | www.noosaj.com     |
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>    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

Karl-

Thanks. I do like Gedit; however, GVim suits my needs as it is powerful 
and fast and I can customize it to suit my needs.

Jason