Well, I use emacs' tramp-mode or ange-ftp mode to edit files that are on an ftp server (or ssh or rsh) as if they were local files. Or I just do the manual thing that you described sometimes. Don't know if that's what you wanted to hear...
Bryan On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 14:55, 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? > > ~ ross > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
