[ale] editor with auto-ftp?

Jeff Hubbs Jhubbs at niit.com
Thu Mar 22 10:30:00 EST 2001



> That would be emacs, of course.  
> 
>      C-x C-f root at ftp.xxx.com:/etc/passwd
> 
> will prompt for the password.  You can set it up to default to
> anonymous if no user is specified, or to your uid.

Wow, I'll have to remember that if I ever get into an emacs/vi flamewar.  

I was going to suggest a feature in gftp where you can select a file on the
host and right-click and choose "Edit...".  It will call up whatever editor
you specify in gftp's config file.

- Jeff
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