2010/1/11 Andras Simon <szajmi@xxxxxxxxx>: > On 1/11/10, Dave Cross <davorg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I often need to edit files on a remote system. I like to do this by >> setting up an SSH bookmark in the GNOME 'Places' menu (Places -> >> Connect to Server). This gives me a Nautilus window on the remote >> server from which I can open the required files in a local editor. >> >> This used to work with both Emacs and Gedit. I'm not sure when things >> changed, but it no longer works with Emacs. > > I know that this is not exactly what you're after, but still... If you > want to edit files with Emacs via an ssh connection, have a look at > TRAMP. From the intro to the manual: > > "After the installation of TRAMP into your GNU Emacs, you will be able > to access files on remote machines as though they were local. Access > to the remote file system for editing files, version control, and > `dired' are transparently enabled." It seems that TRAMP is included in the emacs-common package for Fedora - so I already had it installed. It works well, but it's not quite as intuitive as the method I was trying to use. It'll certainly do until I get a fix for my original though. Thanks for the suggestion. Dave... -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines