Right click on the file -> select 'Properties' -> go to the 'Open With' tab -> select the text editor of your choice from the list.
I believe that will make the text editor you choose the default for that particular file type. You'll have to repeat those steps for every file type though (e.g. plain text file, .log, .txt, etc.)
The easiest way I found to change mine to gvim (I think it should work the same for your editor) was to add text/plain=quanta.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list and restart nautilus.
Right click on the file -> select 'Properties' -> go to the 'Open With' tab -> select the text editor of your choice from the list.
I believe that will make the text editor you choose the default for that particular file type. You'll have to repeat those steps for every file type though (e.g. plain text file, .log, .txt, etc.)
Just saw, but this question was already answered in a general form here: How do I change the default text editor?
The easiest way I found to change mine to gvim (I think it should work the same for your editor) was to add text/plain=quanta.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list and restart nautilus.