Humor: Cargo Cult Programming

[John Abreau]

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mike ledoux <mwl+gnhlug at alumni.unh.edu> writes:

> For ability #1, 'ssh remote vi filename' works fine for me, although I
> usually just use an interactive ssh session.

Over a slow connection (like a 56K dialup) that would be painfully 
unresponsive. I hadn't heard about this capability before, but it sounds 
sweet. Running the editor locally and only tunneling the file i/o 
sounds like a major win.

How does one actually invoke this?


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