On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:15 PM, alister via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > On Mon, 09 Oct 2017 08:00:34 +0200, Lele Gaifax wrote: > >> Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>>> Or you could use a GUI editor that runs locally and has the capability >>>> to edit files remotely over ssh. >>> >>> That's also a possibility, but I have yet to find one that can SSH to a >>> server as a non-root user and then sudo to edit the files. >> >> If it's just a matter of "finding one", look no further and try out >> Emacs's TRAMP :-) >> >> ciao, lele. > > or if you want the luxury of a GUI editor simply ssh to the remote > machine & run the editor there (using X forwarding to route the display > to you local PC)
That assumes that you have a GUI editor installed on the server, with all the libraries it requires. Not always the case - especially if you have multiple admins, some who like GNOME and some who like KDE... how many editors and how many subsystems are you going to install? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
