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A good Linux based text editor, with FTP editing, and ability to keep alive ftp connection.

Answer 1

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try eclipse. most awesome editor anyone has ever known. and i think editing via ftp is also possible.

can you just do a ping -t onto your ftp server? it will keep the connection alive.

ah and winscp actually can do this too. you just have to define your own editor to use.

tarrasch 2010-08-25 14:15:29

Answer 2

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Geany does everything but the remote connection, but that's what GVFS is for.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-08-25 14:21:02

Or, if you prefer a KDE application: Kate using KIO.

Job 2010-08-25 14:24:45

I've done some reading, and GVFS is used when we use the 'connect to server' menu link from the places bar in Ubuntu.. yes?

Vik 2010-08-25 21:27:57

That is correct. Connections made that way also show up under `~/.gvfs`.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-08-25 22:11:09

I've tried the "Connect to server" method. Unfortunately, it doesn't keep alive the connection. Everytime I save, it reconnects, saves, and disconnects.For fast internet connections, this would be just fine (I've used this method before), but for slower connections, connecting upon every save wastes almost 8-10 seconds.

Vik 2010-08-29 22:02:04

Answer 3

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You can use vim to do that.

It has syntax highlighting for any language I know and you can set it up to auto-complete your parentheses. You can edit files via ftp, and even use vim as an ftp navigator. The first google hit, tells you how.

bitmask 2010-08-25 14:33:07

Answer 4

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GVim/Vim supports ftp & ssh/scp (read here and here)

Emacs is seemed to support them also (read here)

General format is: protocol:user@host#port:dir/file

igorp1024 2010-08-25 14:33:42

Answer 5

+2 A:

You can achieve remote editing with any editor when using some Fuse based FTP-filesystem.

For example: http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/

curlftpfs -o user=username:password ftp.example.com /my/mount/point

More preferably you should use SSH and SSHFS if possible. http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html

For the editor I would recommend Geany or even Eclipse.

You should also checkout JetBrains' PHPStrom http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

Epeli 2010-08-25 14:38:44

hi there. Am trying out the curlftpfs. I've compiled the programe, but I can't seem to get the syntax right...The ftp server I am trying to connect to is darkbrownandyellow.netwhen i type "curlftpfs darkbrownandyellow.net ./dby" it gives an ftp permission denied error (exact message: Error connecting to ftp: Access denied: 530)- which is understandable as it hasnt asked me my password yet!I tried running 'curlftpfs -h' to see the options but i have no idea where I can put in the password. There is no help on the sourceforge page.

Vik 2010-08-25 21:23:48

@Vik username and password is an option for the -o switch. I added an example to my answer.

Epeli 2010-08-26 06:12:58

I tried Curlftpfs. It did the trick, but over slower connections, I found SSHFS to be the most stable.Text editor that I have fallen in love with is Geany.I mounted the sftp folder using sshfs. And edited the files as normal. Very very stable.

Vik 2010-08-29 22:22:52

According to the following page on the Ubuntu forums (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS):Your ssh session will automatically log out if it is idle. To keep the connection active (alive) add this to ~/.ssh/config or to /etc/ssh/ssh_config on the client.ServerAliveInterval 5This will send a "keep alive" signal to the server every 5 seconds. You can usually increase this interval, and I use 120.

Vik 2010-08-30 00:06:31

Answer 6

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Try PilotEdit Lite. www.pilotedit.com

Dracoder 2010-08-26 00:31:46

Its Windows only. I need something GTK based or at least Linux based

Vik 2010-08-26 01:35:14

Answer 7

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I think gedit fulfill most of your requirement. I do use gedit on my ubuntu machine.I first mount the drive from remote machine to my local machine and then use gedit to work with files.I never seen a problem of connection.

Anil Vishnoi 2010-08-26 11:08:44

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