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I use ssh + tmux + emacs. Security policy states no local copies of development files are allowed at my workplace without special authorization, which I never b

I use ssh + tmux + emacs. Security policy states no local copies of development files are allowed at my workplace without special authorization, which I never bothered asking for. Migrated my emacs configuration to the remote server as a git repository, along with any programs that aren't available (e.g. git, which I use for unofficial code; official code is managed via perforce). Use GNU stow to move those configurations and binaries to the right places. If I need to move non-confidential information around I collect it in an emacs buffer and then use M-x compose-mail to send it out. The home directory is an NFS mount so I can also mount my home directory and exchange files that way. Etc, etc. I also set up a lightweight Arch virtualbox VM that I SSH out of, because I really don't like the available Windows terminal applications, and every so often I need a local Unix box for some random reason. A lot of my coworkers use Sublime and remote file editing, but I work faster when using Emacs (comint-mode is a godsend). We mainly work in Perl, Javascript, and HTML so none of the bigger IDEs are really appropriate. Edit Since people seem more interested in the Sublime workflow, I asked for a few more details. Coworker replied: "Sublime SFTP [...] you might want to mention that the only advantage to SFTP over remote mounting the server is the save time, as with SFTP, you save local and push in the background, meaning frequent saves don't constantly stall workflows. Otherwise, there is no real advantage over just mounting directly." It is worth noting that he is working on a Mac, which has some severe bugs [1] when it comes to NFS mounts, and Samba has some latency issues in this instance. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=nfs%20slow%20mac https://www.google.com/search?q=nfs%20slow%20mac

filsmick 12y ago
Thanks for answer. I'd love to learn about what solution your Sublime coworkers use, as most people here use emacs / vim and I'm most proficient with Sublime.
- spoiler 12y ago
  I use a patchy python script (pyhon isn't my first language) to accomplish it. It basically just rsyncs the file once it's saved (using `on_post_save`). It's a bit tedious because I need to manually add folders it's going to watch, Also, it's not exactly remote code editing, since there's a local copy of the file (which is downloaded/uploaded). I believe most Sublime users do something similar to this, however I hope I'm wrong and I'd love to hear about an alternate approach!
- joeyspn 12y ago
  Probably they're using the "Sublime SFTP plugin" by wbond... I usually use nano on the remote server and sublime remotely via ssh with this plugin. But to be honest it is just for small tasks. 95% of the time we work in local servers with Vagrant/Docker (shared folder --> git push), since our deployments aren't that big.
  - stewartbutler 12y ago
    Yep, Sublime SFTP.
  - filsmick 12y ago
    I tried it, but I can't get used to navigating the filesystem with the command palette. It just looks weird IMO.
gknoy 12y ago
[N]o local copies of development files are allowed ... without special authorization I'm curious what kind of employer would hire programmers, and they tell them they couldn't develop locally as a matter of _security policy_, rather than "it won't fit on your machine". That seems like it would be very constraining.
- jlgaddis 12y ago
  That's not so uncommon in the corporate world, especially with people using laptops more and more as their daily driver and the potential for those laptops to be lost/stolen.
tonyarkles 12y ago
That's my usual workflow too (ssh + tmux + emacs), although occasionally emacs tramp-mode makes an appearance. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode

filsmick 12y ago

Thanks for answer. I'd love to learn about what solution your Sublime coworkers use, as most people here use emacs / vim and I'm most proficient with Sublime.

spoiler 12y ago
I use a patchy python script (pyhon isn't my first language) to accomplish it. It basically just rsyncs the file once it's saved (using `on_post_save`). It's a bit tedious because I need to manually add folders it's going to watch, Also, it's not exactly remote code editing, since there's a local copy of the file (which is downloaded/uploaded). I believe most Sublime users do something similar to this, however I hope I'm wrong and I'd love to hear about an alternate approach!
joeyspn 12y ago
Probably they're using the "Sublime SFTP plugin" by wbond... I usually use nano on the remote server and sublime remotely via ssh with this plugin. But to be honest it is just for small tasks. 95% of the time we work in local servers with Vagrant/Docker (shared folder --> git push), since our deployments aren't that big.
- stewartbutler 12y ago
  Yep, Sublime SFTP.
- filsmick 12y ago
  I tried it, but I can't get used to navigating the filesystem with the command palette. It just looks weird IMO.

gknoy 12y ago

[N]o local copies of development files are allowed ... without special authorization I'm curious what kind of employer would hire programmers, and they tell them they couldn't develop locally as a matter of _security policy_, rather than "it won't fit on your machine". That seems like it would be very constraining.

jlgaddis 12y ago
That's not so uncommon in the corporate world, especially with people using laptops more and more as their daily driver and the potential for those laptops to be lost/stolen.

tonyarkles 12y ago

That's my usual workflow too (ssh + tmux + emacs), although occasionally emacs tramp-mode makes an appearance. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode