Is using vim working on a file cache instead of the actual file?

Question

I usually ssh to another computer to do my development using vim (don't send "Use Emacs", please). However, I noticed that vim is very slow when my internet is slow (duh).

EDIT: I use a terminal on my local machine and open the remote file with the vim scp: // host / file command. However, when I do this, every keystroke that I insert causes vim to go online, drastically slowing down. Instead, I want vim to read the remote file, allow me to do local editing and only go online when I run the command: w. Think of it as a writeback cache.

I know that Komodo Edit offers this functionality, where I got this idea from.

Answer 1

You can edit ssh directly in vim as follows:

:e scp://[e-mail]//path/to/document

You can find more information in this server question .

Answer 2

Vim has a plugin (which I think is standard for most recent vims) called netrw. This basically does what you want, I believe: it allows you to open the file on a remote server by copying it transparently.

See :help netrwor Vim Script Page

Answer 3

vim scp:/// , , - . Vim .

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Answer 4

sshfs . sftp, vim ( - ) . Ubuntu sudo apt-get install sshfs.

Answer 5

, vim, Linux, sshfs. FUSE ( ) ssh, , . ( ssh , , , , ...).

I use it almost every day and it is a really great tool.

Answer 6

:e scp user@host:/path/file

See :help netrwalso :help sshin Vim.