Hi Rick,
I spend most of my time editing files that are on Linux boxes where I've
got ssh access only. I add this to my .bashrc:
export REMOTEHOST=`echo $SSH_CLIENT | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
export HOSTIP=`echo $SSH_CONNECTION | cut -d ' ' -f 3`
function bbedit {
# bbedit won't open a remote file via sftp if it doesn't exist. So, if it's
a new file
# create it, call bbedit to open, and then kill it.
FCREATED=0
if [ ! -e "$PWD/$1" ]
then
touch "$PWD/$1"
FCREATED=1
fi
ssh derosier@$REMOTEHOST /usr/local/bin/bbedit -c -u --front-window
"sftp://$USER@$HOSTIP/$PWD/$1";
# The above call will background and return immediately. The file will open
in bbedit
# but since we've created it, and we don't want to leave it around, we kill
it right away.
# If the user saves it, it gets recreated and content is saved. If not,
there's no file,
# so we're cool too. It's a bit odd, but it works.
if [ "$FCREATED" -eq "1" ]
then
rm "$PWD/$1"
fi
}
Then editing a file is as simple as `bbedit somefile.txt` It calls back to
my Mac and has bbedit open the file via sftp. Edit, hit cmd-s and close
the file/window as desired. Easy. Obviously you need ssh server enabled and
your keys setup to avoid password prompts, but you can figure all that out.
Anyway, maybe that helps for you!
- Steve
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 4:34 PM 'Gregory Shenaut' via BBEdit Talk <
[email protected]> wrote:
> You could consider using sshfs.
>
> Greg Shenaut
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 3, 2023, at 14:21, Rick Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Is there any way to get a subset of BBEdit-like functionality in a
> Terminal editor?
> >
> > I often use BBEdit as a means of editing in the Terminal on my own
> computer, but that doesn't work so easily with another computer that I
> access via ssh, where I can't really exit the Terminal to edit. though I
> could install a tool that I could run in the Terminal.
> >
> > I see that there are a number of mouse-aware Terminal editors that are
> available, and am just looking at ci-edit <
> https://github.com/google/ci_edit>, though it seems sluggish.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any suggestions here. Thanks.
> >
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