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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;