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One can run GUI editor just as well either directly via ssh -Y or via VNC. So this is not an argument for a terminal editor.
by _0w8t 4y ago
One can run GUI editor just as well either directly via ssh -Y or via VNC. So this is not an argument for a terminal editor.
- benreesman 4y agoX and VNC and all the others place much higher demands on your network connection. If all your boxes are reasonably local those can be great options, but they still don’t obsolete tmux and stuff. Nothing obsoletes tmux and stuff. Whether it’s vi or emacs or tmux or whatever: this field is too competitive to let shitty stuff stick around for decades. People who go all terminal know the alternatives, they’ve tried them, they try the new ones, and they know what the fuck they’re doing.
- _0w8t 4y agoWhile I agree that ssh -Y requires a somewhat fast connection, VNC works at 10 MBit/s. RDP and XDPA works at 3 MBit/s. And if the speed is lower, then typically it also implies a high latency. Then I have found that running a GUI remotely via xpra gives a better experience than running an editor with IDE features under ssh and tmux. I suspect XPRA protocol simply has less round trips than a terminal IO as the latter was never designed for high-latency links.