Using scite as default editor in gnome in 2 steps

September 23rd, 2007

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1. Install the scite package

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  1. apt-get install scite

2. Create/modify the file

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  1. ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
  2.     [Default Applications]
  3.     text/plain=scite.desktop

This will set scite as the default plaintext editor for this user.

If you want to modify the system-wide settings or have a look at other file associations go to

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  1. /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list

The scite.desktop file we linked to is located at

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  1. /usr/share/applications/scite.desktop

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