I haven't done it in ages, but a quick google shows gives an example (BTW google beats vim :help if you don't know the command name) http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/E

I haven't done it in ages, but a quick google shows gives an example (BTW google beats vim :help if you don't know the command name) http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Edit_remote_files_locally_via_SCP/RCP/FTP http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Edit_remote_files_locally_via_SCP/... vim scp://konimi@vim.org//var/www/html/rtc_functions.php i.e. you just start vim with the address preceded by the protocol name (here it's scp, but also works for ftp and rcp). The "konimi@" is the syntax for username. You might need to set up SSH passwords for scp on the remote (that's a whole other thing to research)