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Adam
Asked: 2020-06-23 09:01:16 +0800 CST

Change default text editor to Micro. Doesn't appear in the "Open with" category

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I want to use the Micro text editor as the default application to open various text files, but when I try to do the usual procedure:

Left-click > Properties > Open With...

I see that Micro doesn't exist as an option.

How can I do that?

default-programs text-editor 20.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Micro is a terminal-based text editor which doesn't come with a .desktop file typical of most graphical applications.

    You can make micro.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications with the following content:

    [Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Exec=gnome-terminal -x micro %u
Name=Micro
MimeType=text/plain;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-java;text/x-dsrc;text/x-pascal;text/x-perl;text/x-python;application/x-php;application/x-httpd-php3;application/x-httpd-php4;application/x-httpd-php5;application/xml;text/html;text/css;text/x-sql;text/x-diff;

Icon=

    (You can point to an icon of your choice and modify the MimeType= line to suit your usage.) Make micro.desktop executable. Now, when you right-click on a file in your file manager, you'll see Micro as an option in "Open with other application".

    You can also set Micro as the default application. To do that with Nautilus, right-click on a target file, open its properties and do the needful there:

    Setting Micro as default

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  2. Isn't there a option to open with other application or somethng similar like select application on right click. if yes then choose application from there. If not then goto system > preferences > preferred application then choose micro text as defult text editor. If neither helped then try another file manager like caja. If none of these work you might need to report the issue to developer.

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