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Emacs has TRAMP, which allows transparent access to files on remote systems using a variety of protocols (but mostly ssh/sftp).

by krylon 8y ago

kqr 8y ago
...and if you haven't given TRAMP an honest shot, you definitely should. I took the leap not too long ago, and it is absolutely amazing. Whenever I can't access a host using TRAMP (does happen, but very rarely), I put off whatever task I have to do on that host for a very long time. The fact that TRAMP lets you open files on remote systems in and of itself is fairly mundane. What makes it really cool is that it works seamlessly also with dual-pane dired, and just about anything you do in Emacs. It turns remote filesystems into local ones. Being able to, in my regular file manager (I like Sunrise Commander), treat any combination of remote and local filesystems as though they were local, is a huge productivity boost.
- technofiend 8y ago
  It's this sort of thing that when I first saw it on Apollo's Aegis and again later on Plan 9 it was so obviously useful I figured it would just be everywhere in no time. At then Sun touted "The Network Is The Computer (TM)" and I was like here it comes! But it hasn't quite panned out that way. Considering the number of viruses and ransomware perhaps that's a good thing but it would be cool as hell if I had shared name spaces with my wife, mother, sister, etc rather than the artificial constraint of mapping into Facebook or Google Photos (for example) to share a photo album.
  - samatman 8y ago
    Not that it's the /correct/ solution, but Keybase does a good job of providing that shared-directory experience, and the free tier is pretty roomy. Not affiliated, just getting good use out of it.
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Spivak 8y ago
But the coolest thing by far is that you can now go the reverse direction. If you have a ssh tunnel you can run emacsclient --tramp $file on the remote system and it will pop up on your local Emacs window.
- krylon 8y ago
  Consider my mind blown! :)

Emacs has TRAMP, which allows transparent access to files on remote systems using a variety of protocols (but mostly ssh/sftp).

by krylon 8y ago

Emacs has TRAMP, which allows transparent access to files on remote systems using a variety of protocols (but mostly ssh/sftp).

kqr 8y ago

...and if you haven't given TRAMP an honest shot, you definitely should. I took the leap not too long ago, and it is absolutely amazing. Whenever I can't access a host using TRAMP (does happen, but very rarely), I put off whatever task I have to do on that host for a very long time. The fact that TRAMP lets you open files on remote systems in and of itself is fairly mundane. What makes it really cool is that it works seamlessly also with dual-pane dired, and just about anything you do in Emacs. It turns remote filesystems into local ones. Being able to, in my regular file manager (I like Sunrise Commander), treat any combination of remote and local filesystems as though they were local, is a huge productivity boost.

technofiend 8y ago
It's this sort of thing that when I first saw it on Apollo's Aegis and again later on Plan 9 it was so obviously useful I figured it would just be everywhere in no time. At then Sun touted "The Network Is The Computer (TM)" and I was like here it comes! But it hasn't quite panned out that way. Considering the number of viruses and ransomware perhaps that's a good thing but it would be cool as hell if I had shared name spaces with my wife, mother, sister, etc rather than the artificial constraint of mapping into Facebook or Google Photos (for example) to share a photo album.
- samatman 8y ago
  Not that it's the /correct/ solution, but Keybase does a good job of providing that shared-directory experience, and the free tier is pretty roomy. Not affiliated, just getting good use out of it.
- deleted 8y ago
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Spivak 8y ago

But the coolest thing by far is that you can now go the reverse direction. If you have a ssh tunnel you can run emacsclient --tramp $file on the remote system and it will pop up on your local Emacs window.

krylon 8y ago
Consider my mind blown! :)