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user193491
Asked: 2013-12-29 11:40:21 +0800 CST

How do I make Sublime Text 3 the default text editor [duplicate]

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I'd like to replace gedit, and use Sublime Text 3 as my default text editor for all text files on my Ubuntu system. Can you let me know how do I go about making this change?

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  1. Best Answer

    These instructions assume that you have installed Sublime Text 3 using the .deb file provided for Ubuntu. If you downloaded the tarball and installed it manually, you will need to change the paths below to your install location.

    First, make sure that /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop exists (sublime-text.desktop on some systems):

    ls /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop

    Then, open /usr/share/applications/defaults.list with Sublime:

    subl /usr/share/applications/defaults.list

    Search for all instances of gedit (org.gnome.gedit on some systems) and replace them with sublime_text. Save the file, log out and back in, and you should be all set.

    If for some reason /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop (or sublime-text.desktop) doesn't exist, create it:

    sudo touch /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop

    Open it in Sublime:

    subl /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop

    and paste the following into it:

    [Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Sublime Text
GenericName=Text Editor
Comment=Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
Exec=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text %F
Terminal=false
MimeType=text/plain;
Icon=sublime-text
Categories=TextEditor;Development;
StartupNotify=true
Actions=Window;Document;

[Desktop Action Window]
Name=New Window
Exec=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text -n
OnlyShowIn=Unity;

[Desktop Action Document]
Name=New File
Exec=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text --command new_file
OnlyShowIn=Unity;

    However, if you installed Sublime Text using the .deb file downloaded from sublimetext.com, the file should already exist.

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  2. Once you have Sublime installed, right-click on a text file. Go to the "Open With" tab. Select "Show other applications." Then, select Sublime Text 3.

    Hope this helps!

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