Project on remote drive in VIM

Question

Hello, Is it possible to create a project based on a remote directory (on an ftp server) in VIM, using the Project plugin?

Answer 1

Check out the netrw plugin. However, in general I've found development easier when files are local and I have a good revision control system (like git) to move files to and from the server.

Answer 2

It's not true that vim doesn't have internal capabilities to open remote files. The first poster was correct, netrw is built into later versions of vim and it's awesome. I use it all the time to edit pages on website via ftp and sometimes over ssh.

Try:

:e ftp://user@machine/path

I seem to remember creating a .netrc file so that I didn't have to type in my user/pass all the time.

man ftp (and search for .netrc assuming you're using vim on unix and not windows)