diff --git a/Common/DefaultOptions.h b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
index 43c88e12bdfb9cd5ae2a393bdd354679221e027d..625373c51f1668d67535677dcc5a4d92a671379d 100644
--- a/Common/DefaultOptions.h
+++ b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ StringXString GeneralOptions_String[] = {
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
     "open -t %s" ,
 #else
-    "sensible-editor '%s'" ,
+    "gedit %s" ,
 #endif
     "System command to launch a text editor" },
   { F|S, "TmpFileName" , opt_general_tmp_filename ,