From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 4 21:10:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822B916A41A for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:10:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chess@chessgriffin.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5134613C458 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:10:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chess@chessgriffin.com) Received: from mxout-04.mxes.net (mxout-04.mxes.net [216.86.168.179]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C0F163F95 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:39:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (unknown [69.134.35.207]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E71DD0767; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:39:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:39:55 -0500 From: Chess Griffin To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20071204203955.GA1833@localhost> References: <20071204191130.GA86443@skytracker.ca> <8d23ec860712041133s3b0ccc4fo452f21089c8bcec6@mail.gmail.com> <20071204200911.GA88299@skytracker.ca> <20071204152947.c5345811.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071204152947.c5345811.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: David Banning , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for online text editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chess Griffin List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:10:20 -0000 --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Bill Moran [2007-12-04 15:29:47]: > In response to David Banning : >=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 --=20 Chess Griffin GPG Public Key: 0x0C7558C3 http://www.chessgriffin.com --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHVbsbKzd9mAx1WMMRAj6KAJwLOP4HSG5Cd+Y2qbZiFbzDs0wHGwCffjJL XZdG7sm6ROsjq4sE7tUxLmM= =J4nY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z--