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I've been experimenting with application-specific IDEs too, where the compute power needed is >> my laptop. When I'm using it I edit locally and rsync to the cl
by tlb 10y ago
I've been experimenting with application-specific IDEs too, where the compute power needed is >> my laptop. When I'm using it I edit locally and rsync to the cloud machine where it runs and shows me the results in a browser.
I've had on my TODO list to integrate codemirror so other people can do everything remotely, but I don't think I'd use it myself. In principle it can be a bit faster to update, but a function key in Atom to rsync is pretty quick.
Do other people have positive/negative experiences with local/remote editing?
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoI run Emacs remotely from my school-issued chromebook. The major issue is that any sort of fluctuation in network speed/connectivity can freeze or upset it.
- swiley 10y agoTmux is great for this. When the connection goes down just kill ssh, reconnect, and run tmux a.
- spc476 10y agoPretty soon we'll reinvent X Windows.
- cyphar 10y agoWe already have, it's called Wayland.
- pvdebbe 10y agoI didn't know Wayland now supports displays/controls over TCP? That was anyways the parent commenter's point I think.
- cyphar 10y ago> I didn't know Wayland now supports displays/controls over TCP? Ah, yeah. The design of Wayland is such that compositors have to implement it -- because Wayland doesn't know enough about the state of the desktop to be able to efficiently relay the information (it would be like VNC).