Thread: Changing the text file viewer globally?
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Old 03-02-2018, 09:28 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by drawson1 View Post
I'd like to change the default text file viewer to be something other than the Desktop default (Leafpad on my openSUSE / XFCE system . . . .); I figured out how to open text files with the internal ePub viewer, and I know that I can use Alt-V, click on "Open with" and change it for a single instance.

How do I make this choice permanent?
AFAIK in the Windows version of calibre, doing what you did is permanent for all instances of the designated format, I'm surprised it would be any different for Linux.

Anyway, if you right-click a TXT link in any Book Details panel, you can add and edit Open With entries and they should stick. If not, there's a bug in the Linix edition of calibre.

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