how to set kate as default editor in 10.04?

[rikona]

Hello rikona,

Friday, December 14, 2012, 10:45:01 PM, rikona wrote:

> Most of my working [non computer] txt files are stored in win
> format. I prefer kate and have it set to use that format. How can I
> set kate as default editor in 10.04 - preferably in all but
> especially in recoll, which I use a lot? I changed both
> defaults.list files and mimeapps.list to have
> text/plain=kate.desktop, but gedit insists on coming up anyway. How
> an I get gedit to come up only when specifically called, and kate
> otherwise?

Making progress... :-)

Just got an email from a friend - he suggested changing the link in
etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor. Did that and it seems to mostly
work. It opens kate instead of gedit, but it opens in a kate on
another desktop, not in the desktop I'm currently on [which is running
kate too]. Any ideas how I can get it to open in one of the kates on
the same desktop?

Thanks,

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 rikona