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created January 28, 2014 · complexity basic · author Ajabu Tex · version 7.0

You can open a file in Linux Mint Cinnamon (and in its file-manager Nemo) just by right-clicking on the file icon and choosing the "Open with Vim" menu item. This tip refers to Linux Mint 16 Petra Cinnamon.

Step one: create the menu-action file[]

Create the file

~/.local/share/nemo/actions/vim.nemo_action

The name of the file is not important, however, the extension must be nemo_action.

Step two: edit the menu-action file[]

Now open the file vim.nemo_action with your preferred text editor and enter the following lines:

[Nemo Action]
Active=true
Name=Open with Vim
Comment=Open %N with Vim in a terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal --geometry=80x49 --working-directory=%P -e "vim %F"
Icon-Name=vim
Selection=s
Extensions=nodirs;
Dependencies=vim;
EscapeSpaces=true;

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