open remote file in vim/gvim

2007-04-23 Thread ben lieb
This might have been discussed before, but how can I open a file remotely in vim? Via, ftp, ssh, etc.

Re: open remote file in vim/gvim

2007-04-23 Thread Zhaojun WU
Hi, Ben, I think netrw [ http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1075 ] is what you want, although, personally, I haven't used it so far 'cause I am used to edit a file after SSH login. :-) HTH, Zhaojun On 4/23/07, ben lieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This might have been discussed

Re: open remote file in vim/gvim

2007-04-23 Thread Charles E Campbell Jr
ben lieb wrote: This might have been discussed before, but how can I open a file remotely in vim? Via, ftp, ssh, etc. vim ftp://host/path/to/file vim scp://host/path/to/file Both of these use the netrw plugin, BTW. Both may ask you for passwords, although one can work around that