Dear Tony, I think you should use netrw in order to open your remote file. Details with :h netrw and especially :h netrw-read
I might be mistaken though.. Best! Asis 2011/1/3 Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> > On 03/01/11 08:45, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > >> On 02/01/11 19:05, Bastian Venthur wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> when I log into a remote machine with ssh -X and start a local gvim >>> session, i can see the local gvim with: >>> >>> u...@remote$ gvim --serverlist >>> GVIM >>> >>> To control that it is really my local gvim session, I repeat it after >>> closing the local gvim and the serverlist is empty. >>> >>> when I want to open a remote file with the --remote option >>> >>> u...@remote$ gvim --remote test.py >>> >>> an empty file gets loaded in my local gvim. Is this a bug? If not, is >>> there a similar way to edit remote files locally? I know that it's >>> possible to use :e scp:u...@remote/path/to/file but I find it more >>> convenient to call vim direclty within the remote filesystem. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Bastian >>> >>> >>> >> T'ain't a bug, it's a feature: >> > [...] > > Oh, and I'm not sure of the difference between ssh -X (untrusted X11 > forwarding) and ssh -Y (trusted X11 forwarding). > > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as > it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat. > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > -- Asis Hallab Rothehausstr. 6 - 12 50823 Köln Skype: asis.hallab.cgn Fest (Köln) 42346046 Mobil (O2) 0176 63370211 Fax 01212 - 5 - 30697106 -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
