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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Tbf, the file explorer is actually one really good argument for GUIs over terminals. Same with editing text. Its either simple enough to use Nano or I need a proper text editor. I don't mess around with vim or anything like that that.

Its all tools. Some things are easier in a file manager, some things are easier in a GUI.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Yeah I prefer fancy text editor too. And my biggest heartbreak was learning that I can't just sudo kate (there's a way to use Kate to edit with higher privileges but I never remember how, edit: apparently it's opensuse specific problem).

    Born to Kate, forced to nano

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The problem is running GUI code as root as it's never been vetted for that. What you want, effectively, is to have EDITOR variable of your session set to kate and open system files using sudoedit. I'm a terminal guy myself, so this exact thing is enough for me. Having said that - I'm sure someone will chime in with a plugin/addon/extension/etc that adds this to the right click context for what I assume is KDE. Or you can try looking for that om your favourite search engine.

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