Default editor

[Karl Larsen]

Jason Wilson wrote:
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> | Jason Wilson       |
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> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> Jason Wilson wrote:
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>>> 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 :-)
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>>
>> Karl
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> Karl-
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> 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.
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> Jason
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>   
    Your question caused a lot of talk about vi and vim. It is 
interesting what you can learn. I assume that you did get gvim as your 
default editor.

Karl


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