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Skalman65
Asked: 2020-02-22 13:40:08 +0800 CST

18.04 server + XFCE: Double-click doesn't open .txt file with editor

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I can’t open a normal text-file (.txt) by clicking on the file.

The only way I can open the file is to right-click and select "open with another application" and then click the select button.

Or open the text editor (gedit in my chase), and open the file from there.

My Default text editor is gedit, but I have try with mousepad to. with the same results

I running Ubuntu server 18.04 with a xubuntu core gui on

As an attempt I took and installed Thunar, and from Thunar it works to open text file with double click. But not from Nautilus, can I miss any package?

gedit xubuntu

1 Answers

  1. What is your File Manager?

    For me this worked:

    1. In a file browser window, Help > About revealed my file manager is Nemo.
    2. Again in the a Nemo file browser window, Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Executable Text Files
    3. Changed from "Execute text file" to "View text file."

    After this I could double click a .txt file to view it, whereas before nothing happened. The default Open With had already been gedit.

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