ssh or other python editor

[Graham Fawcett]

martijn at gamecreators.nl wrote:
> >So you're using Putty to telenet/ssh into the FreeBSD server, but what
> >editor on you using on the FreeBSD server?
>
> I use pico for that.
> That Samba isn't available but I can install it.
>
> Or are there other editors for FreeBSD that I can run with putty ?

I use Emacs on my win32 workstation to edit files on my Linux servers
via SSH. There are at least two Emacs third-party modules ("modes") --
Tramp and Hobo -- that allow you to edit files over SSH.

I use Hobo (never tried Tramp, I think it's for XEmacs anyway). There
is a bit of setup. You'll need to use "pageant" and authenticate by
RSA/DSA key. See PuTTY's Web site; you may also need to do some
Googling to set up agent-based authentication. Note that pageant will
make PuTTY authenticate automatically as well, so it's easy to test
whether your pageant setup is correct, apart from any Emacs-related
issues.

You might also need to configure Hobo slightly; email me if you want my
configuration details (though I can't help you with the
pageant/authentication stuff, so get that done first :-).

Once you're done, you can load, edit and save files quite
transparently. Not everybody's cup of tea, but there you are. :-)

Graham