Re: make terminal VIM my default text editor Ubuntu 11.04

Tobias, thanks for your answer, but to be honest, i dont really understand where is it going.
i have no idea of bash coding, so im very sorry that i cant understand your idea =(

e.g.: i dont even have a favorite terminal emulator. oh wait, maybe i do! i use GUAKE terminal, i mean, i like it more than the default ubuntu terminal.
maybe thats your point! is it?

getting excited now!
thanks

juan

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Tobias Columbus <tobias.columbus@googlemail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday 24 May 2011 00:20:42 Juan incaurgarat wrote:
> hi, ive spent the last two working days trying to make terminal VIM my
> default text editor with no luck.
> im using ubuntu 1104 and i dont like GVIM
>
> what ive done so far:
> created a vim.desktop file on ~/.local/share/applications with this lines
> inside
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
> Type=Application
> Name=VIM
> #Exec=/usr/share/vim/vim73/tools/vimm

> Exec=gnome-terminal -e "vim \"$1\""
>

> after that, ive edited the mimeapps.list file
> and now it looks like this
>
> [Added Associations]
> text/csv=openoffice.org-calc.desktop;gedit.desktop;openoffice.org-writer.de
> sktop;
> application/vnd.ms-powerpoint=evince.desktop;libreoffice-impress.desktop;
> application/illustrator=gimp.desktop;
> application/x-shockwave-flash=totem.desktop;vlc.desktop;firefox.desktop;
> text/plain=vim.desktop;userapp-vim-0QYSVV.desktop;userapp-vim.gnome-DY1RVV.
> desktop;
>
> [Default Applications]
> application/vnd.ms-powerpoint=libreoffice-impress.desktop
> *text/plain=vim.desktop*
>
> the bold line is the one ive added
>
> so, this changes makes VIM execute when i double click on a plain text
> file, but it doesnt open the file ive just clicked
> it seems to open a new file called $1
>
> this is the closest ive got
>
> any help please?
>

> kilinkis

Hi,

what about creating a small wrapper script around your terminal emulator and
vim, i.e.

Create a file console_vim.sh in either /usr/local/bin or ~/bin
containing the following commands:

#!/bin/sh
IFS=$'\n'       # cope with filenames containing spaces
<your favourite terminal emulator> -e vim $1

then you make that file executable via chmod +x console_vim.sh
and make this your standard editor.

Note that I have testes this only with konsole and xterm, so the command line
options to <your favourite terminal emulator> may differ!

Cheers
Tobias

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