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Q: Change default text editor (regardless of extension) I've been searching for a way to change the default text editor. Most results say to 'get info' on a file with the extension of.txt, and change the default there.
How do you change the default text editor? Left Click your file (in the video we’re using a.css) 2. In the top bar at the very top of you mac screen, click FILE and then GET INFO.

How can I change my default text editor from gedit to Emacs?

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Change the default editor for files opened in the terminal? Set TextMate as the default text editor on Mac OS X. Open a file in linux machine on a Mac Text.

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The answer didn't work on 12.10. Here is what worked in my case:

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Right click on a text file.
Choose 'Properties' (not 'Open With...')
Click on the 'Open With' tab.
Choose your new text editor.
Mark chosen text editor using a button 'Set as default'.

This also works on 12.04 and 13.04.

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BenjaminBenjamin

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To change default text editor across the file types, try updating gnome-text-editor configuration.

In some cases:

kn_pavankn_pavan

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A more robust solution would be to replace the bindings in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.

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Right click on a text file, point to 'Open With' and it'll show other editors in a sub-menu. Click on 'Other Application...'. It'll show you a dialog with a list of applications, select Emacs and make sure the 'Remember this application for 'plain text document' file' option is checked. Click 'Open'.

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I don't use a DE, but for my configurations the next command is the best:

it selects your default sensible-editor from all installed editors
must run with current user
you must have more than one editor in your system

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If you are working from the terminal then I would add the following to your .bashrc file (or the config file for your favorite shell):

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If you would like to replace gedit with any other text editor for all file types, the easiest is to edit the defaults.list file located here:

Just find and replace all gedit.desktop references with your own editor (in this case emacs.desktop).You need root permissions to edit the file. So, just do:

Save the file, close it and it's done.

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You can set the default text editor for a specific user in # ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list by:

For global configuration for all users you have to modify the /etc/gnome/defaults.list

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To set Pluma as default text editor for all user (global):

sudo sed -i 's|text/plain=gedit.desktop|text/plain=pluma.desktop|g' /etc/gnome/defaults.list