On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 03:55:23PM -0600, Ross Werner wrote: > Hey all, > > When you're forced by circumstance to work with a web site which only has > FTP access (no ssh or anything friendly) what do you typically work with? > Right now I've got gftp open, I download a file, edit it locally with vim, > save and upload again. Unfortunately, this seems terribly klugey. (it > takes a long time switching back and forth, sometimes I forget to upload a > file before I refresh the web browser, etc. etc.) There's got to be a > better way. > > I've heard rumours that you can edit files remotely using vim, but > :e ftp://someserver/path/to/file.php > > just sits there for a minute and then opens a blank file. > > > So what do /you/ guys do when stuck in such a terrible position?
Use Emacs. ange-ftp, to be exact. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AngeFtp Mike -- ------------------------------------------- | --------------------- Michael Halcrow | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer, IBM Linux Technology Center | | Where did you want to go yesterday? | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------- GnuPG Keyprint: 05B5 08A8 713A 64C1 D35D 2371 2D3C FDDA 3EB6 601D
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