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Nautilus: Open with Vim


I'm using arch linux with gnome and I try to open text files with vim by using nautilus. I already created a vim.desktop file in my .local/share/applications folder vim.desktop.

If I choose Vim in Nautilus, nothing happens. My default terminal doesn't work and I already tried to change my default terminal to terminator, but it didn't work. Maybe there is an other option to change the .desktop file to forcing nautilus to open a new terminator window with vim. I guess I need to change the exec parameter.


Solution

  • This should work

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=VIM
    GenericName=Text Editor
    Comment=Edit text
    MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;
    Exec=vim %f
    Type=Application
    Terminal=true
    Categories=Development;TextEditor;
    Keywords=Text;Editor;