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

[Joe Landman]

When I absolutely need a gui for something this this, I'll light up BBC 
over ssh session.  Performance has been good even crossing the big pond.

This said, vim handles this nicely as well.

On June 6, 2018 5:28:30 PM 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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