How to make gedit the default text editor

[MacsandaPi]

I have gedit installed and would like to make it the default editor, but it doesn't appear in the list when I use:

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sudo update-alternatives --config editor

Do I simply move the gedit file to /usr/bin/editor to enable me to select it as the default?

Thanks in advance for help.

[RobHenry]

That gives you the cli editor (e.g. nano), for the gui you want:

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sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-text-editor

[klricks]

Find the file you want to edit with file-manager and right click on it.
Click [Open With] then 'drill down' until you find Gedit.
Put a check in the box next to:
[x] Set selected application as default action for this file type
Open the file
From now on the file type will open with Gedit.

Note that this does not work if you need to open the file with root privileges (sudo)...... Which for me is most of the time.
For that you will still need to open a xterminal and do sudo gedit path/filename

[MacsandaPi]

A very belated, but sincere thank you to klricks and RobHenry for your helpful replies. gedit is now my default text editor.