[solved] Trying to set default editor.

percy_vere_uk

Hi

I am using gentoo_64bit with an xfce4 desktop and have been trying to set gedit as the system wide default editor.

I have set the default editor using eselect and 'eselect editor show' gives /usr/bin/gedit both in both a terminal and a root terminal.

This works fine and I get gedit each time I open a file as an ordinary user.

But as root I keep getting 'LibreOffic Writer'as the editor.

Any help would be appreciated.

percy

John R. Graham · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:43 pm Post subject:

What does

VoidMage · Watchman Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196

More exactly, elaborate what does

percy_vere_uk · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:44 pm Post subject:

John R. Graham

Roman_Gruber · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:16 pm Post subject:

check your home directory of root, that is usually /root for some hidden files starting with a dot. If you are nasty and do not care for any settings for user root you can even delete those dot files in the folder root, but I do not recommend it.

percy_vere_uk · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 1:43 pm Post subject:

tw04l124

I have looked in the /root hidden files and cannot see anything referring to 'LibreOffic Writer'as the editor."

John R. Graham · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 1:56 pm Post subject:

See the very first result from Googling "Setting Default Editor in Xfce". Does that work for you?

The environment variables manipulated by "eselect editor" are not a desktop mechanism and it often requires a desktop-specific mechanism to effect such changes.

Just as an aside, it's considered bad form (because of security risks) to run full-up desktop environments as root.

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percy_vere_uk · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:32 pm Post subject:

John R. Graham

Thank you.

It was so simple in the end, I think I must have tried everything but!