thraen / tmacs

login via ssh, edit files with local editor

TMACS

Edit remote files with your editor of choice (vi or emacs), even if TRAMP doesn't really work for you or if you ssh and su your way through a network. It works by tunneling the file-data through the terminal on which you are working.

Example

Start local emacs:

$ emacs

In emacs, start the server:

M-x server-start

In another terminal:

$ tmacswrap    # this starts tmacswrap in your terminal

You should see a terminal title like tmacswrap(/home/user)

# ssh a little bit around

$ ssh [email protected]
$ ssh [email protected]
$ ssh [email protected]

# su to some user
$ su

On a this shell (it's build for bash) press Ctrl-t t. That should install the 'tmacs' command as a function in your current shell session.

$ tmacs -t some_text_file.txt   # this should open your local emacsclient

Usage

C-t t : Installs the tmacs command

# starts local emacsclient to use with tramp

$ tmacs <file>
 
# tunnels file through terminal and starts local emacsclient
# this is the really useful thing, if tramp is not a real option
$ tmacs -t <file>

Customize

You are probably using vi or some other weird non-emacs-editor, but this tool should be relatively easy to customize. Just find the calls to emacsclient and change them to use your editor.