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Author: Nathan England
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Help avoiding using terminal editors
Can you possibly use Kate? If you have access to kate, or even kwrite
(though it does not have as many features) you could click File -> Open and
in the address bar type

sftp://root@SERVERNAME/PATH/TO/FILE

Then edit and save directly without any additional need to copy here or
there or anywhere!

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:32 PM, <> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a local server where I am root. The server has no Xwindows on it.
> I access the server by ssh for a command line or by filezilla to
> transfer files w/sftp. I want to be able to edit text files with a GUI
> editor via ssh or via sftp. I can edit with ssh with "$sudo nano
> filename" only. It's driving me crazy. I can't stand nano, vi, emacs or
> any terminal based editor. I need to be root to edit these files in
> /var/www. I am using Ubuntu server for the server. I want to use an
> editor with windows like Geany or anything like it. I only have enough
> permission in my /home to use a GUI editor else I need to sudo.
>
> I was thinking of a script to send a copy of a file over to my /home
> then use Filezilla, then a script to sudo cp and overwrite it back to
> /var/www. Still a pain. Is there any way in my situation to be able to
> use a GUI editor and not have to use a terminal editor?
>
> I may not of explained it clearly, sorry...also I have to sit an look at
> these files for long periods - for me a terminal editor I'm not
> productive on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee G.
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