how to make emacs (rather than mousepad) the default editor in xfce

[Pablo Hoertner]

hi!

there are at least two ways to change the default editor under XFCE.


1. the X11 way:

open thunar (the file manager) -> right click on a text-file ->
properties -> Open with -> choose your prefered app (e.g. emacs)


2. the *NIX way:

edit the following file: /etc/xdg/xubuntu/applications/defaults.list

also, consider having a look at /usr/share/mime/ - if you don't want
to change settings system-wide you may put your config at
~/.local/share/mime/ resp. /.local/share/applications/defaults.list

i only have experience with debian and ubuntu, but i guess that the
path should be the same everywhere (although i wouldn't bet on it).


HTH!

HAND,
pablo

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Pablo Hoertner
http://redtux.org/
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