If you're running Gnome on Ubuntu, find the file with the ext you want to default to leafpad, do right click, click on Properties, go to the "Open With" tab, select Leaf Pad from the list (or you might have to add it. I didn't when I tested it), then close properties.
Hope that helps. -Nick On Fri, February 2, 2007 12:43 pm, Joe Fruchey wrote: > Leafpad is exactly what I was looking for. It feels like I'm running > Notepad with WINE, but with optional line numbers. > > on this old 600MHz PC at work, gedit takes 5 seconds to start, leafpad > is ~1.5. Gedit's nice for code editing and things like that, but for > just the little simple thing here or there, leafpad it is. > > Now how do I make it my default editor? > > On 2/2/07, Blake Gardner <blake at modiphy.com> wrote: >> i like the screen shots of leaf pad, let me know how you like it, ive >> always found gedit a little to bulky for the things i use it for. >> >> Joe Fruchey wrote: >> > *embarrassed* >> > >> > I guess I could have done that myself, huh? I'll try 'em out and >> > declare a winner. I've heard of leafpad before... >> > >> > On 2/2/07, Nicholas Istre <brlug.list at nickistre.net> wrote: >> > >> >> Notepad under WINE? :) >> >> >> >> Well, in all seriousness, I did a quick check on the Ubuntu >> repositories >> >> for "text editor" and here's some of the promising-sounding packages >> that >> >> I've found: >> >> >> >> axe >> >> gnotepad+ >> >> gpe-edit >> >> gtkedit >> >> leafpad >> >> mped >> >> tea >> >> >> >> Please note that this may not be all of them, but I did try to keep >> with >> >> GUI-based editors. I haven't tried any of these either. >> >> >> >> -Nick >> >> >> >> On Fri, February 2, 2007 10:31 am, Joe Fruchey wrote: >> >> >> >>> Does Linux have a lightning-quick, very simple gui text editor a la >> MS >> >>> Notepad? In Windows, I love Notepad2, which is close in >> functionality >> >>> to gedit, but it takes 3 or 4 seconds to load, whereas Notepad >> appears >> >>> almost instantly. When I just want a quick glimpse at a file, I use >> >>> Notepad. >> >>> >> >>> And for the record, vi is NOT a Notepad clone. >> >>> >> >>> =P >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> General mailing list >> >>> General at brlug.net >> >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> General mailing list >> >> General at brlug.net >> >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > General mailing list >> > General at brlug.net >> > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
