[Beowulf] OT, X11 editor which works well for very remote systems?

Skylar Thompson skylar.thompson at gmail.com
Thu Jun 7 07:45:36 PDT 2018


vim actually can actually use SCP automatically using URL-style file paths:

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Editing_remote_files_via_scp_in_vim

On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 07:22:57AM +0800, Deng Xiaodong wrote:
> In this case I would think SSH + nano/vi may be better choice as the data
> transited is less.
> 
> Another way to bypass may be to use scp to copy files between your remote
> and local machines then edit locally?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 05:28 David Mathog <mathog at caltech.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Off Topic.
> >
> > I need to do some work on a system 3000 miles away.  No problem
> > connecting to it with ssh or setting X11 forwarding, but the delays are
> > such that my usual editor (nedit) spends far too much time redrawing to
> > be useful.  Resizing a screen is particularly painful.
> >
> > Are there any X11 GUI editors that are less sensitive to these issues?
> >
> > If not I will just use nano or vim.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David Mathog
> > mathog at caltech.edu
> > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
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