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I'm trying to use Sublime Text 2 as an editor when I SSH in to my work server, and I'm stumped.
I found this
(among many other posts) that looks like it might help, but I don't follow it exactly, particularly with what values I should put in for the remote variable in line 5.
I set "/Users/path/to/local/copy" to my local root directory, but I don't know if that's right or if there's more to do.
Any thoughts?
I'm on OSX10.8
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There are three ways:
Use SFTP plugin (commercial)
- I personally recommend this, as after settings public SSH keys with passphrase it is safe, easy and worth of every penny
Mount the remote as local file system using osxfuse and sshfs as mentioned in the comments. This might be little difficult, depending on OSX version and your skills with UNIX file systems.
Hack together something like rmate which does file editing over remote tunneling using some kind of a local daemon (very difficult, cumbersome, but sudo compatible)
Also, in theory, you can install X11 on the remote server and run Sublime there over VNC or X11 forwarding, but there would be no point doing this.
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You can use , which is inspired on TextMate's rmate. From the description:
Rsub is an implementation of TextMate 2's 'rmate' feature for Sublime Text 2, allowing files to be edited on a remote server using SSH port forwarding / tunnelling.
on how to set it up properly.
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I'm on Windows and have used 4 methods: SFTP, WinSCP, Unison and Sublime Text on Linux with X11 forwarding over SSH to Windows (yes you can do this without messy configs and using a free tool).
The fourth way is the best if you can install software on your Linux machine.
The fourth way:
on Windows
SSH to your Linux box
On your linux box, install Sublime Text 3. Here's
At the command prompt, start sublime with subl
That's it! You now have sublime text running on Linux, but with its window running on your Windows desktop. This is possible because MobaXterm handles the X11 forwarding over SSH for you so you don't have to do anything funky to get it going. There might be a teeny amount of a delay, but your files will never be out of sync, because you're editing them right on the Linux machine.
If you can't install software on your Linux box, the best is Unison. Why?
It's reliable and doesn't care which editor you use
You can create custom ignore lists
Install the
Sublime Text package. This package requires a license.
Create a new folder
Open it as a Sublime Text Project.
In the sidebar, right click on the folder and select Map Remote.
Edit the sftp-config.json file
Right click the folder in step 1 select download.
Work locally.
In the sftp-config, I usually set:
"upload_on_save": true,
"sync_down_on_open": true,
This, in addition to an SSH terminal to the machine gives me a fairly seamless remote editing experience.
Install and run
Go to Preferences (Ctrl+Alt+P) and click on Transfer, then on Add. Name the preset.
Set the transfer mode to binary (you don't want line conversions)
Set file modification to "No change"
Click the Edit button next to File Mask and setup your include and exclude files and folders (useful for when you have a .git/.svn folder present or you want to exclude build products from being synchronized).
Connect to your remote server and navigate to the folder of interest
Choose an empty folder on your local machine.
Select your newly created Transfer settings preset.
Finally, hit Ctrl+U (Commands > Keep remote directory up to date) and make sure "Synchronize on start" and "Update subdirectories" are checked.
From then on, WinSCP will keep your changes synchronized.
Work in the local folder using SublimeText. Just make sure that Sublime Text is set to guess the line endings from the file that is being edited.
I have found that if source tree is massive (around a few hundred MB with a deep hierarchy), then the WinSCP method described above might be a bit slow. You can get much better performance using . The down side is that Unison is not automatic (you need to trigger it with a keypress)
and requires a server component to be running on your linux machine. The up side is that the transfers are incredibly fast, it is very reliable and ignoring files, folders and extensions are incredibly easy to setup.
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As a follow up to @ubik's answer, here are the three simple (one-time) steps to get the 'subl' command working on your remote server:
[Local] Install the rsub package in Sublime Text using the
[Local] Execute the following Bash command (this will set up an , which is rsub's secret sauce):
printf "Host *\n
RemoteForward .0.1:52698" && ~/.ssh/config
[Server] Execute the following Bash command on your remote server (this will install the 'subl' shell command):
sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/subl /aurora/rmate/master/ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/subl
And voila! You're now using Sublime Text over SSH.
You can open an example file in Sublime Text from the server with something like subl ~/test.txt
I am on MaxOS, and the most convenient way for me is to using CyberDuck, which is free. You can connect to your remote SSH file system and edit your file using your local editor. What CyberDuck does is download the file to a temporary place on your local OS and open it with your editor. Once you save the file, CyberDuck automatically upload it to your remote system. It seems transparent as if you are editing your remote file using your local editor.
You can try something that I've been working on called ''.
It will allow you to open up files/folders in Sublime Text (or any local editor really) over an SSH connection and automatically synchronize changes to the remote machine.
It should work on almost all POSIX systems (I myself use it from OS X to connect to Linux machines and edit files in Sublime Text).
It's free and open source.
I'd love some feedback.
For more information: it's basically a Git/SSH mashup written in Python that allows you to edit files and folders on a remote machine in a local editor.
You don't have to configure kernel modules, you don't need to have a persistent connection, it's all automatic, and it won't interfere with existing source control because it uses an out-of-worktree Git repository.
Also, because it's built on Git, it's extremely fast and supports automatic merging of files that might be changing on both ends, unlike SSHFS/SFTP which will just clobber any files with older timestamps.
I've been working on a project called . It still needs some work, but it's open source and I've been using it every day for a couple of years. I'm also working on a native OS X version I'm called
Right not it's OS X only but it should be easy to add support for Linux, and possibly Windows too.
It works by watching file system events and it uses to
to sync a project folder on your local machine and a server.
I tried the other solutions like osx fuse, Expand Drive, Transmit, several solutions that used rsync, etc. They all work 'OK' for small projects, but if you're working with a lot of code they
did not work for me.
A lot of the file system options do caching to improve performance, which is fine, until it's not. Like if you're working with other people and someone else changes the files on the server.
I also ran into issues if I was on a flaky or slow network where I'd end up with empty files. Or file that didn't sync, then t hopefully you committed recently. Using git solves this problem because it checks each commit's integrity.
Two bonus features:
You end up with a commit for every save. It's not super useful but if you ever have to go back in time you can.
It works with any text editor.
Another mac solution similar to osxfuse is to just use Transmit FTP client from Panic Software, which allows you to mount a remote folder as a local disk.
It supports SFTP, which is very secure.
I know this is way old, but I have a really cool way of doing this that is worth sharing.
What is required in
These are simple instructions
Open Winscp.exe and login to my desired remote
server (I have
found that it's important to login before attaching ... ).
In the preferences for Winscp -
two settings to change.
Choose Explorer type interface and rather than Commander - so you don't see local files.
Unless you want to (but that seems like it would suck here).
Set up Sublime as your default editor.
With ConEmu open, right click the tab bar and select the option Attach to....
A dialog box will open with your running applications.
Choose, Winscp and select OK.
ConEmu will now have an open tab with Winscp displaying your remote files.
Right click on the Winscp tab and choose New console....
When the dialog box opens, enter the path to the Sublime executable on your system.
Before you press Start, In the box that says New console split select the radio button to right and set the percentage.
I usually choose 75%, but you can customize this to your liking, and it can be changed later.
Now you will see Sublime in the same window running to the right of WinScp.
In Sublime, from the View menu, choose Sidebar-&Hide Sidebar, and bam, you now have remote files in exactly the same manner as you would locally - with a few caveats of course that comes with editing anything remotely.
Winscp is lightening fast though.
I have two monitors - left monitor display's Chrome browser, right monitor displays code editor.
Also in ConEmu, I create another tab and ssh into the site I'm working on, so I can do things like run gulp or grunt remotely and also manipulate files from the command line.
Seriously sped up development.
Here's a screenshot:
Depending on your exact needs, you may consider using BitTorrent Sync. Create a shared folder on your home PC and your work PC. Edit the files on your home PC (using Sublime or whatever you like), and they will sync automatically when you save. BitTorrent Sync does not rely on a central server storing the files (a la Dropbox and the like), so you should in theory be clear of any issues due to a third party storing sensitive info.
You can use sftp to mount the remote directory on your location machine and then simply open the files using Sublime text the way you normally would.
To mount remote directory using sftp, enter the following on your L
sftp://user@:22/home/user/code_directory
It might seem slow depending on your internet speeds. But this worked for me.
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