@conorh Other protocols are also possible, e.g. you...

@conorh
Other protocols are also possible, e.g. you can edit files via scp

vim scp://user@remoteserver.example.org//home/user/remotefile.txt

Like 18 May at 8:50 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.tchncs.de

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18 May at 9:56 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe

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@unixwitch @conorh holy shit this is actually so useful

18 May at 21:08 | Open on social.treehouse.systems

@unixwitch don't forget rsync:// for editing very large documents.
@conorh

18 May at 22:23 | Open on bsd.network

@unixwitch @conorh hfs this is a game changer.

19 May at 4:52 | Open on hackers.town

@unixwitch @conorh I didn't fully believe you but just tried it with the scp URL.

It works, amazing! Never knew it could do that.

20 May at 3:28 | Open on social.dropbear.xyz

ache

I mean, it's sftp now. Should work with any sftp server so.

20 May at 6:36 | Open on mastodon.xyz