Tramp is even more convenient if you set up an ssh config (which you should do anyway). Then you can just open ssh:myserver:somefile Tramp actually does someth

Tramp is even more convenient if you set up an ssh config (which you should do anyway). Then you can just open ssh:myserver:somefile Tramp actually does something more clever than an scp too, so it even works on servers that don't support scp.