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

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