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Asked: 2023-05-06 07:28:32 +0800 CST

Help configure `mimeapps.list` to open gedit instead of gnome-text-editor?

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On Ubuntu 23.04, I have installed Gedit alongside the default Text Editor (gnome-text-editor).

I want to keep gnome-text-editor, but I would like most text files to open in gedit.

I have added the following to ~/.config/mimeapps.list, but it does not work-- if I click on a *.txt file in Nautilus, it still opens in gnome-text-editor. What am I doing wrong in the following file?

# Separate *.desktop files with a ";"

[Default Applications]
application/octet-stream=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
application/xml=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
application/json=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-patch=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
application/javascript=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-csrc=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/markdown=org.gnome.gedit.desktop

[Added Associations]
application/octet-stream=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
application/xml=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
application/json=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-patch=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
application/javascript=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-csrc=org.gnome.gedit.desktop

# Override R Studio mime types listed in /usr/share/applications/rstudio.desktop
text/x-tex=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-markdown=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/html=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/css=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/javascript=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-chdr=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-csrc=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-c++hdr=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-c++src=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/markdown=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It looks like I was missing a very important mapping:

    text/plain=org.gnome.gedit.desktop

    This took care of opening most text files in Gedit.

    I also added a couple of other mappings (to open XML and Python files in Gedit):

    application/x-shellscript=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
text/x-python3=org.gnome.gedit.desktop
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