Comment 5 for bug 570573

Basically I just want to use emacs for ALL text files whether they are configuration files or source files in my project. The BZR_EDITOR setting is just used for the configuration files of bazaar, not for source files in my project (at the least this is confusing, unless you call it BZR_CONF_EDITOR). The settings in editors.conf do not suffice because it requires me to specify the extension but I want to change the default editor. Of course, an easy way to change the GNOME default text editor would be fine by me.

At the moment it is very unclear what the desktop default is. The text editor is not mentioned in the "Preferred Applications". After some investigation I think that it should be /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor, but I have no clue on how to change that to emacs. However, I think it should not be whatever is filled in in Applications>Text Editor.