Use xdg-mime to set nvim as default

As @abenz1267 pointed out, the previous solution wasn't the greatest.
This is the proper solution.
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Ryan Hughes
2025-10-29 13:25:45 -04:00
parent 407d283cb7
commit 3344f33104
3 changed files with 40 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -36,3 +36,22 @@ xdg-mime default mpv.desktop application/ogg
# Use Hey for mailto: links
xdg-mime default HEY.desktop x-scheme-handler/mailto
# Open text files with nvim
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/plain
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/english
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-makefile
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c++hdr
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c++src
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-chdr
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-csrc
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-java
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-moc
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-pascal
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-tcl
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-tex
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop application/x-shellscript
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c++
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop application/xml
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/xml

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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
echo "Ensure nvim started from app launcher always starts nvim not $EDITOR"
if [ -f /usr/share/applications/nvim.desktop ]; then
rm ~/.local/share/applications/nvim.desktop
ln -s /usr/share/applications/nvim.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/nvim.desktop
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
fi

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migrations/1761758552.sh Normal file
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
echo "Set nvim as default via xdg-mime"
rm ~/.local/share/applications/nvim.desktop || true
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/plain
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/english
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-makefile
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c++hdr
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c++src
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-chdr
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-csrc
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-java
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-moc
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-pascal
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-tcl
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-tex
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop application/x-shellscript
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/x-c++
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop application/xml
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/xml