+        defaultTemplate = wx.lib.docview.DocTemplate(docManager,
+                _("Any"),
+                "*.*",
+                _("Any"),
+                _(".txt"),
+                _("Text Document"),
+                _("Text View"),
+                STCTextEditor.TextDocument,
+                STCTextEditor.TextView,
+                wx.lib.docview.TEMPLATE_INVISIBLE,
+                icon = STCTextEditor.getTextIcon())
+        docManager.AssociateTemplate(defaultTemplate)
+