tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post4480389712445892369..comments2023-10-23T11:13:47.199-07:00Comments on Daily Vim: Text Editor Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, and HOWTOs: Question: Browsing Remote FilesystemsTravis Whittonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592647486468034166noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-65887843998118593732008-11-25T10:13:00.000-08:002008-11-25T10:13:00.000-08:00I would recommend browsing the filesystem over ssh...I would recommend browsing the filesystem over ssh, and if the connection latency is too bad, then you can start vim up on your current machine and edit the remote file w/ scp:<BR/><BR/>:o scp://yourlogin@your.remote.server.com/yourfile<BR/><BR/>so you can edit the file on your local machine (w/o connection problems) and the only time you wait on the connection is when you actually save the fileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-88469993794290369022008-10-06T13:04:00.000-07:002008-10-06T13:04:00.000-07:00The problem with browsing the remote filesystem vi...The problem with browsing the remote filesystem via SSH is then, how to open the files in a local VIM instance? The latency of VIM over SSH is maddening.Dotan Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681425220170892579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-75606901216598849672008-09-29T07:44:00.000-07:002008-09-29T07:44:00.000-07:00Most of the time vim can do the work for you. I am...Most of the time vim can do the work for you. I am not sure how it does it though. Try it out <BR/>:e ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/Nikola Valentinov Petrovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017819580026769822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-50284245879395272992008-09-29T06:29:00.000-07:002008-09-29T06:29:00.000-07:00Very cool, I was going to mention FUSE as well. Gl...Very cool, I was going to mention FUSE as well. Glad we're on the same page.Travis Whittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592647486468034166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-16908684635885433542008-09-29T06:27:00.000-07:002008-09-29T06:27:00.000-07:00There are programs to mount directories through ss...There are programs to mount directories through ssh, samba and even ftp (thanks to the wonderful FUSE). A vim user should be familiar with the command line and mounting things :) (or :!sshfs/smbnetfs/etc)<BR/><BR/>ps: there is even a way to mount KDE KIOSlaves<BR/>http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=KIO+Fuse+GatewayJánoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374503956165293507noreply@blogger.com