Actually, VIm has built-in support for editing remote files over ftp, rcp, sep or http: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Editing_remote_files_via_scp_in_vim http://vi

Actually, VIm has built-in support for editing remote files over ftp, rcp, sep or http: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Editing_remote_files_via_scp_in_vim http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Editing_remote_files_via_scp_in_vi... It's not perfect, but I prefer it to using vim inside a remote shell and waiting for cursor to move to the right point after I press a few j's.