Opening text files with emacsclient by default
I want to open all text files with emacsclient. On 10.04 it used to mostly work, but on 16.04 it's completely broken:
- emacsclient exists and works fine
- it's missing from the "open with" menu
- the "add" button does nothing at all
- there are duplicates
Then I added an emacsclient.desktop entry to ~/.local/share/applications manually as found in my 10.04, but it does nothing at all.
16.04 10.04 default file-association
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
add a comment |
I want to open all text files with emacsclient. On 10.04 it used to mostly work, but on 16.04 it's completely broken:
- emacsclient exists and works fine
- it's missing from the "open with" menu
- the "add" button does nothing at all
- there are duplicates
Then I added an emacsclient.desktop entry to ~/.local/share/applications manually as found in my 10.04, but it does nothing at all.
16.04 10.04 default file-association
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
1
Still struggling with the same. Seems nobody has a workable solution yet.
– ReneFroger
Aug 7 '18 at 17:34
add a comment |
I want to open all text files with emacsclient. On 10.04 it used to mostly work, but on 16.04 it's completely broken:
- emacsclient exists and works fine
- it's missing from the "open with" menu
- the "add" button does nothing at all
- there are duplicates
Then I added an emacsclient.desktop entry to ~/.local/share/applications manually as found in my 10.04, but it does nothing at all.
16.04 10.04 default file-association
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
I want to open all text files with emacsclient. On 10.04 it used to mostly work, but on 16.04 it's completely broken:
- emacsclient exists and works fine
- it's missing from the "open with" menu
- the "add" button does nothing at all
- there are duplicates
Then I added an emacsclient.desktop entry to ~/.local/share/applications manually as found in my 10.04, but it does nothing at all.
16.04 10.04 default file-association
16.04 10.04 default file-association
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
1
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
asked Aug 8 '16 at 9:32
maaartinusmaaartinus
3722518
3722518
1
Still struggling with the same. Seems nobody has a workable solution yet.
– ReneFroger
Aug 7 '18 at 17:34
add a comment |
1
Still struggling with the same. Seems nobody has a workable solution yet.
– ReneFroger
Aug 7 '18 at 17:34
1
1
Still struggling with the same. Seems nobody has a workable solution yet.
– ReneFroger
Aug 7 '18 at 17:34
Still struggling with the same. Seems nobody has a workable solution yet.
– ReneFroger
Aug 7 '18 at 17:34
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
You will need to add the association with text files via xdg-mime as well:
xdg-mime default emacsclient.desktop text/plain
Also, make sure you've started the Emacs server via the command M-x server-start.
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f809546%2fopening-text-files-with-emacsclient-by-default%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
You will need to add the association with text files via xdg-mime as well:
xdg-mime default emacsclient.desktop text/plain
Also, make sure you've started the Emacs server via the command M-x server-start.
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
You will need to add the association with text files via xdg-mime as well:
xdg-mime default emacsclient.desktop text/plain
Also, make sure you've started the Emacs server via the command M-x server-start.
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
You will need to add the association with text files via xdg-mime as well:
xdg-mime default emacsclient.desktop text/plain
Also, make sure you've started the Emacs server via the command M-x server-start.
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
You will need to add the association with text files via xdg-mime as well:
xdg-mime default emacsclient.desktop text/plain
Also, make sure you've started the Emacs server via the command M-x server-start.
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
answered 2 hours ago
halloleohalloleo
1111
1111
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
halloleo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f809546%2fopening-text-files-with-emacsclient-by-default%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
Still struggling with the same. Seems nobody has a workable solution yet.
– ReneFroger
Aug 7 '18 at 17:34