[TxMt] Using default editor on remote connections

[Niels Kobschaetzki]

On Oct 2, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Jerzy Gangi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm fairly new to TextMate - I use it to develop Java applications  
> and my website in an academic enviornment.  I followed directions  
> on the TM website to make TM my default Cocoa Text Field editor in  
> OS X (from here: http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/ 
> using_textmate_from_terminal).  I press splat + ctrl + E in nearly  
> any application* and I can edit the field with TM.  This is a  
> fantastic feature to which I have grown addicted.
>
> However, I find myself ssh-ing into servers around campus and I  
> can't use TM to edit files in the shell (since the EDITOR variable  
> is obviously local to my machine).  Is it possible in  
> my .bash_profile on remote servers to open files in my local TM?   
> This would be great...
>
> I'll conclude by saying that I have very little *nix knowledge, so  
> please be gentle!

I'll use Fugu (http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/) for that  
(GUI for SSH/SCP/SFTP) - with that you have a command "Edit File" and  
you can setup a default application - i.e. Textmate

Niels


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