Michael G Schwern <schw...@pobox.com> writes:
> Joshua Juran wrote:
>
>> But somehow, it's mysteriously difficult to make remote file editing not
>> suck. Or maybe nobody cares enough.
>
> FWIW, emacs TRAMP has a slight positive pressure.
It did. The bastards have been "improving" it since I last worked on
it, so you can't use multi-hop editing in a sane way any longer, and so
forth.
At least I don't have to use it much these days, which is pleasant.
> That said, where's my user-space remote filesystem that can detect
> remote changes? It's 2008 people!
Lost behind the wall of inefficiency, somewhere out in space...
Daniel
--
X Windows is the Iran-Contra of graphical user interfaces: a tragedy of
political compromises, entangled alliances, marketing hype, and just plain
greed. X Windows is to memory as Ronald Reagan was to money.
-- The Unix Haters Handbook
