(X)Emacs is able to read & write remote files using FTP transparently. The
only difference is how you enter the your file name. To access a file located
on another machine (with running FTP server!)
/user@host:file
eg. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/public_html/index.html
You can even use tab completion! (X)Emacs will ask for your password after
you pressed enter or used tab completion for the first time. It will be
stored for the rest of your (X)Emacs session.
I'm not quite sure if you need to load any extra packages for that. The
XEmacs and GNU-Emacs we have installed here do it all automagically but I've
heard of a Ange-FTP package for GNU-Emacs. You might need that. You load
additional packages with M-x load-library <Enter> and then type ange-ftp
<Enter>.
Two issues I have not been able to resolve yet are: how to chmod remote files
and how to use sftp instead of ftp...
Nico
On Monday 28 May 2001 22:05, you wrote:
> Nathan,
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> When twiki.org is back up (on SourceForge), I'll tell you how I've done
> it using vim -- maybe that will give you a clue as to how I might do it
> in EMACs.
>
> (And, if my library has the book, I'll check that out.)
>
> Randy Kramer
>
> Nathan Owens wrote:
> > I don't know about emacs itself in terms of editing web pages, but
> > when I edit web pages, I usually have to FTP them to the web server.
> >
> > In emacs, the save command is C-x C-s, as you said, but I've only
> > saved files locally. You may want to check out the O'Reilly book
> > _Learning GNU Emacs_. It has a lot of great tips that I've picked up
> > through reading it.
> >
> > Nathan Owens
> >
> > >Anybody out there using EMACs to browse the web and edit "textareas"?
> > >
> > >I'm a very newbie to EMACs, but wanted to try that -- don't know what
> > >to do to save my edits. After I edit, I can choose save (I forget --
> > >was it <ctrl>x, <ctrl>s?) but that seems to save only as a local
> > >file.
> > >
> > >How do I send the changes back to the web site?
> >
> > --
> > Nathan Owens
> > Georgia Tech, Atlanta
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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