Re: Is there a way to do this?

[Ray Holtz <ray@rayholtz.com>]

I don't use emacs at all so I can't respond directly about this.  How 
about using vi in the ssh session?  Its simple textonly.  Thats what I use.

Ray
BTW, hows U of I?

Ken Keefe wrote:
> So, when I want to edit a text config file on my server I usually open a
> ssh and say "emacs <file> &"
> 
> The problem with that is that because it is not only sending the file
> data, it is sending the gui data with it, it is very slow over a normal
> internet connection. I know I could do emacs -nw to speed things up, but
> I like the window. 
> 
> Anyway, my question is, is there a way to open a text file on a remote
> system using a local application only through a ssh session? In other
> words, I'd like to edit this file, but I don't want to use the emacs on
> my server, I want to use the emacs on my local machine so it is very
> responsive.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken Keefe
> 
> 
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