Re: Way of opening local gVim edit remote file via putty?

Laph wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I used to coding in remote unix server by connecting via putty in my
> windows desktop, but the problem is that the account of unix server is
> shared for varies users who are using vim, too. This causes the remote
> vimrc chaos.
>
> So I think it would be a great idea using local gvim with my own vimrc
> to edit remote files. I know the way of `:e scp://...' to edit the
> specified remote file via scp, but it need to switch from putty to
> gvim when I want to open remote files after some operation in the
> terminal, say grep, tail, or make. And switch it back if I want to
> take another operation. It is quite inefficient.
>
> Is it possible a way in putty terminal opening my local gvim in
> windows desktop to edit the remote file without manually switching
> window and retyping `:e scp://...' again and again?
>
Does gvim work for you on your local system?

I'm not sure what you mean by "it need to switch from putty to gvim". I
would've thought that gvim would be running in its own window and putty
in its own separate window, so switching between them is an o/s mousy
thing. You should be able to simply leave the gvim window up and
running, and so not need to type ":e scp://..." repeatedly.

Or perhaps you should try

:e scp://somehost/

(note the trailing slash) and "edit" the remote directory. Pick a
file, edit it, perhaps :w it; use :Rex to return to the netrw
directory listing, etc.

Regards,
Chip Campbell

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