20 Apr
2013
20 Apr
'13
11:06 a.m.
Hi all!
Is there a way to change the default text editor? I would like to use kwrite
instead of kate.
I'm running 3.5.13-2 from Slavec's repository.
Nik
20 Apr
20 Apr
1:52 p.m.
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On 04/20/2013 04:06 AM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Is there a way to change the default text editor? I
would like to use kwrite
instead of kate.
In Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type in
kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application', click OK.
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6:19 p.m.
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On Saturday 20 April 2013 14:52:47 Dan Youngquist wrote:
On 04/20/2013 04:06 AM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
wrote:
Taht doesn't work for me. I click on KWrite, and it opens in KWrite.
But this works:
KControl > KDE components > file associations > find file name patter > type
in .txt > click on plain > move KWrite to the top of the list.
And thank you, Nik, for prodding me into doing it rather than suffering in
silence!
Lisi
Is there a way to change the default text editor?
I would like to use
kwrite instead of kate.
In Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type in
kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application', click OK.
6:58 p.m.
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On 04/20/2013 11:19 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I guess I'm missing something. Isn't kwrite what you want?
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In Konqueror,
right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type in
kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application', click OK.
Taht doesn't work for me. I click on KWrite, and it opens in KWrite.
7:13 p.m.
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On Saturday 20 April 2013 19:58:03 Dan Youngquist wrote:
On 04/20/2013 11:19 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I guess I'm missing something. Isn't kwrite what you want?
I wanted to set KWrite as the default text editor. (See the subject above.) I
have now done so via KControl.
To quote you:
"In Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type in
kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application', click OK."
The method you advocated did not work for me because the application simply
opened. I was not given the choice of ticking "Remember application".
Lisi
In
Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type
in kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application',
click OK.
Taht doesn't work for me. I click on KWrite, and it opens in KWrite.
7:26 p.m.
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On 04/20/2013 12:13 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
The method you advocated did not work for me because
the application simply
opened. I was not given the choice of ticking "Remember application".
Strange.. it's always been there for me, right above the OK button, ever
since KDE3.
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7:38 p.m.
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On Saturday 20 April 2013 03:26:22 pm Dan Youngquist wrote:
On 04/20/2013 12:13 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
You are both right.
If Kwrite is one of the choices then clicking on it will just open the file in
Kwrite. What you must then do is choose "other", even if kwrite is a choice,
and write in or navigate to kwrite and then you will have the option
to "Remember application".
Andy
The method you advocated did not work for me
because the application
simply opened. I was not given the choice of ticking "Remember
application".
Strange.. it's always been there for me, right above the OK button, ever
since KDE3.
9:48 p.m.
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On Saturday 20 April 2013 20:38:35 Andy wrote:
On Saturday 20 April 2013 03:26:22 pm Dan Youngquist
wrote:
Of course we are both right. Dan said that on his system if he performed a
specific set of instructions it had a specific result. I said that on my
system the same set of instructions produced a different result. We were
both just describing what we saw. Unless one of us is lying, which I am sure
that you are not implying, then each of us sees what he says that he saw, and
we are both "right".
The only point at issue is that our systems behave differently, when we might
have anticipated that they would behave the same.
Lisi
On 04/20/2013 12:13 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
You are both right.
If Kwrite is one of the choices then clicking on it will just open the file
in Kwrite. What you must then do is choose "other", even if kwrite is a
choice, and write in or navigate to kwrite and then you will have the
option to "Remember application". The method you advocated did not work for me
because the application
simply opened. I was not given the choice of ticking "Remember
application".
Strange.. it's always been there for me, right above the OK button, ever
since KDE3. 
21 Apr
21 Apr
1:16 a.m.
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Kate is not my preferred text editor either. Normally, even for
composing/editing bash scripts, kwrite is preferred. For advanced stuff
beyond kwrite I use "geany"
What I do is:
a right-click on a normal text file. then a "properties" box opens where
I can click the "file type" icon. From there, application preference
order can be chosen.
This has to be repeated (if wanted) for diff, log and maybe others.
snip from my current ~/'trinity/share/config/profilerc (the actual
config file for application preferences):
[text/plain - 1]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=kde-kwrite.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=3
ServiceType=text/plain
[text/plain - 2]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=kde-kate.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=2
ServiceType=text/plain
[text/plain - 3]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=abiword.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=1
ServiceType=text/plain
[text/plain - 4]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=katepart.desktop
GenericServiceType=KParts/ReadOnlyPart
Preference=2
ServiceType=text/plain
[text/plain - 5]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=karm_part.desktop
GenericServiceType=KParts/ReadOnlyPart
Preference=1
ServiceType=text/plain
[text/x-diff - 1]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=kde-kwrite.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=3
ServiceType=text/x-diff
[text/x-diff - 2]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=kde-kate.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=2
ServiceType=text/x-diff
[text/x-diff - 3]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=abiword.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=1
ServiceType=text/x-diff
[text/x-diff - 4]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=katepart.desktop
GenericServiceType=KParts/ReadOnlyPart
Preference=3
ServiceType=text/x-diff
[text/x-diff - 5]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=kdiff3part.desktop
GenericServiceType=KParts/ReadOnlyPart
Preference=2
ServiceType=text/x-diff
[text/x-diff - 6]
AllowAsDefault=truewhere
Application=karm_part.desktop
GenericServiceType=KParts/ReadOnlyPart
Preference=1
ServiceType=text/x-diff
[text/x-log - 1]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=kde-kwrite.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=3
ServiceType=text/x-log
[text/x-log - 2]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=kde-kate.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=2
ServiceType=text/x-log
[text/x-log - 3]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=abiword.desktop
GenericServiceType=Application
Preference=1
ServiceType=text/x-log
[text/x-log - 4]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=katepart.desktop
GenericServiceType=KParts/ReadOnlyPart
Preference=2
ServiceType=text/x-log
[text/x-log - 5]
AllowAsDefault=true
Application=karm_part.desktop
GenericServiceType=KParts/ReadOnlyPart
Preference=1
ServiceType=text/x-log
20 Apr
20 Apr
9:42 p.m.
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On Saturday 20 April 2013 20:26:22 Dan Youngquist wrote:
Strange.. it's always been there for me, right
above the OK button, ever
since KDE3.
I haven't got an OK button either. Rt-click > open with > KWrite >
application opens.
Lisi
21 Apr
21 Apr
4:26 a.m.
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On 04/20/2013 02:42 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
Oh, I see what you did now. When you right-clicked on the file and went to
Open With, you selected kwrite there instead of going to Other. Of course
your way to change the default works too, but my way is much faster.
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> In
Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type
> in kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application', click
> OK.
I haven't got an OK button either. Rt-click > open with > KWrite >
application opens.
5:56 a.m.
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On Sunday 21 April 2013 05:26:22 Dan Youngquist wrote:
On 04/20/2013 02:42 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
Oh, I see what you did now. When you right-clicked on the file and went to
Open With, you selected kwrite there instead of going to Other. Of course
your way to change the default works too, but my way is much faster.
Ah! I know that I have blind spots, but that takes the biscuit! Yes, your way
is quicker!
I still can't make it work. But I am obviously just being blind again. :-(
Lisi
> In
Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other,
> type in kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember
> application', click OK.
I haven't got an OK button either. Rt-click > open with > KWrite >
application opens.
20 Apr
20 Apr
7:44 p.m.
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Am Samstag, 20. April 2013 schrieb Lisi Reisz:
On Saturday 20 April 2013 14:52:47 Dan Youngquist
wrote:
Hi Lisi!
Yes, that works for *.txt. But it does not change the default text editor. Any
other unkown file extension opens kate :-(
I was looking for something like "kcontrol -> KDE Components -> Component
Chooser". There an option "Embedded Texe Editor" exists, but the only
selectable entry is "Embedded Advanced Text Editor" which results in a call
to kate. I's Like to change that to kwrite.
Nik
On 04/20/2013 04:06 AM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
wrote:
Taht doesn't work for me. I click on KWrite, and it opens in KWrite.
But this works:
KControl > KDE components > file associations > find file name patter >
type in .txt > click on plain > move KWrite to the top of the list.
And thank you, Nik, for prodding me into doing it rather than suffering in
silence!
Lisi Is there a way to change the default text editor?
I would like to use
kwrite instead of kate.
In Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type
in kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application', click
OK.
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