On Saturday 20 April 2013 14:52:47 Dan Youngquist wrote:
> On 04/20/2013 04:06 AM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > Is there a way to change the default text editor? I would like to use
> > kwrite instead of kate.
>
> In Konqueror, right-click on a plain text file, Open With / Other, type in
> kwrite or select it from the list, check 'Remember application', click OK.

Taht doesn't work for me.  I click on KWrite, and it opens in KWrite.

But this works:
KControl >   KDE components > file associations > find file name patter > type 
in .txt > click on plain > move KWrite to the top of the list.

And thank you, Nik, for prodding me into doing it rather than suffering in 
silence!

Lisi