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Date:      Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:39:55 -0500
From:      Chess Griffin <chess@chessgriffin.com>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        David Banning <david+dated+1197230954.4292a9@skytracker.ca>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: looking for online text editor
Message-ID:  <20071204203955.GA1833@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20071204152947.c5345811.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <20071204191130.GA86443@skytracker.ca> <8d23ec860712041133s3b0ccc4fo452f21089c8bcec6@mail.gmail.com> <20071204200911.GA88299@skytracker.ca> <20071204152947.c5345811.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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* Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> [2007-12-04 15:29:47]:

> In response to David Banning <david+dated+1197230954.4292a9@skytracker.ca=
>:
>=20
> > > > mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program
> > > > out there that will allow me to simply login and edit my files in
> > > > plain text - (not a gui html editor) ?
> > > >
> > >=20
> > > ...You can't just SSH into your box and use vim?
> >=20
> > Let's say I'm in a library in some remote town. The only SSH I know=20
> > that is web loadable is mindterm-ssh, but that runs on java. If java is
> > blocked on the local box then I'm SOL. No?
>=20
> Just use puTTY.  You can download it and run it without any installation.
>=20
> If you're that locked down that you can't do any of those things, I'd
> suggest you get a laptop or other way to manage this remotely.  What good
> is a text editor if you can't restart daemons or HUP them?  Nokia cell
> phones have an SSH client available.
>=20

Along these same lines, you can keep a copy of Portable Vim [1] and
Portable PuTTY [2] on a usb stick and run them from Windows.  They work
as-advertised and are pretty handy.

[1] http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/
[2] http://portableapps.com/node/1134

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Chess Griffin
GPG Public Key:  0x0C7558C3
http://www.chessgriffin.com

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