Questions tagged [ssh]
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Vim vertical split window not rendered correctly
Not sure if it's related to vim configuration, tmux settings or ssh config, I opened a file with vim on a remote server, and every time when I use :vsp command to split a vertical window, the right ...
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How to troubleshoot SSH-related issues?
server A (1.2.3.4): I'm accessing it every day, no issues:
keys on the local machine are in ~/.ssh (id_rsa and id_rsa.pub)
user "toraritte" is available on both machines
starting and ...
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terminal and ssh-agent/ssh-key
I use ssh-keys to access the remote git server (e.g. github/gitlab). My ssh-key is protected by a password. Thus when I call a git command with the remote, it will require me to enter the password for ...
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Vim workflow for projects on remote machines
I have several projects on several different VMs which I can ssh into. I also have a nice Vim workflow with plugins like fzf and coc.nvim on my local macbook.
I'd like to learn what is the best way to ...
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How do I regain control of my Vim session when it hangs while saving a file via netrw?
I edit a lot of files using netrw in gvim. Sometimes, when I mash C-s to save, it will hang my vim session. I'm not sure if this is because of a network error, or because I also sometimes hit C-z at ...
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Use vim locally to access GNU R in docker-container
Disclaimer: I posted part of this question here with a focus on how to use Emacs+ESS, but a solution with vim or neovim is also of interest to me.
I'm using Debian Stable (currently Buster) to do my ...
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Neovim fail to open file via scp - Undefined variable: b:netrw_method
I am opening a remote file with this command:
[n]vim scp://user@host/relative_file
Vim (8.2) opens the file correctly, but Neovim (v0.5.0-dev+1186-g8665a96b9) just shows a blank file and a blank ...
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Can Netrw use [host] type notation to look in .ssh/config and find the host to connect to?
Short Question:
This is failing. Is it valid syntax?
:tabedit scp://[home]/~/stuff/01234567/update/notes.txt
Alternatively, can I easily use a longish somewhat complex shell command in vim to get ...
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Vim-based alternative for Emacs tramp-mode
Disclaimer: this question was posted prior to unix.se but, as recommended by a moderator, was reposted here. The original question was not (yet) deleted since some good comments were posted there.
I'...
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How can I use Vim with rmate?
TextMate 2 introudced rmate, which has become a de-facto standard for editing remote files, with multiple implementations of the remote component and client implementations for other editors, ...
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No + or * register on Linux (accessed via SSH from macOS)? [duplicate]
I am on Ubuntu 14.04.3 and Vim 8.2. I'm trying to figure out how to access either the * or + clipboard on Ubuntu but it seems like it doesn't exist? After doing "*yy and "+yy on lines of ...
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Vim takes a long time to close over SSH?
While ssh'd into my server, vim hangs for a variable amount of time (about 2 seconds, but can be longer or shorter) when opening and closing.
It's worth noting that (to my eyes) the delay is the ...
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copy-paste selection locally when editing files on remote headless server
When connected to a remote headless Linux server via SSH, I want to be able to do 3 things:
select text using the mouse and copy the selection into my local X clipboard
paste from local X clipboard ...
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How do I unconditionally disable all the "smart" terminal actions in vim
I have already set mouse= and set ttymouse= but I still get it intercepting paste when I'm trying to paste vim commands, like I want it to do some kind of complex :map! .... so I copy that from ...
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Why is network latency becomes too long when edit in the sshfs mounted files
I mounted the remote server directory to my local machine mount point with sshfs. Thus I could use my local vim to edit my code, it is much faster than editing with the vim installed to the remote ...
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how could I use gvim through ssh two hops
I sometimes need to work on remote server which does not have x11 installed and thus I cannot use vim with its full features. I want to work on remote server with the gvim installed to my local ...
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What does "No lines in buffer" mean when editing via scp?
I was using vim scp:// and e scp:// to edit remotes files. Sometimes I failed to open and got message --No lines in buffer--. What does mean and how I should solve?
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Update OS enviroment variables from inside VIM
I use vim inside tmux over an ssh session and I often run into the issue where the $DISPLAY variable gets changed, screwing up my copy-paste.
When I log in, $DISPLAY gets assigned to something new: ...
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Why vim scp can't read file on my remote vps? [closed]
Password-free ssh authentication had been set.
There is a file /home/test.txt in my remote_ip.
vim scp://root@remote_ip//home/test.txt
Why vim scp can't read file on my remote vps?
vim --version
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how to point xdebug back to vim on local host
I'm following the instructions here to setup xdebug on my local machine on vim. Everything went smooth, until I reached this part:
To initialize a debugging session, XDebug will attempt to make a
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Fugitive Gbrowse while being ssh on a server
I work remotely via ssh on my dev machine which runs a tmux. I want to pipe the output of the Gbrowse back to my laptop. Is there any reasonable way to do that.
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How to find out the default system copy register? [duplicate]
I want to know how to find the default copy register on any machine. I ssh into different machines and use vi. But on some of them the "+ and/or "* registers don't work. Also when I can use my mouse I ...
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System clipboard not working via ssh [duplicate]
I work on a remote server and would like to yank stuff to the server's clipboard. However "+y gives me an error flash (visual terminal bell) and when quitting vim, I can't paste in the terminal.
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trailing spaces when copying text from vim session in one server to vim session in another server
I have two windows open in tmux(version 2.3). In first tmux window I have a SSH session to server1 and in second tmux window I have a SSH session to server2. In server1 I opened a shell script with ...
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Vim remotely over SSH channel and see the MATLAB figures
I want to ssh into a Linux server from my macbook, and code Matlab, execute my Matlab code and see the figures that are produced by Matlab all through the one single SSH channel. I note that, I don't ...
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Navigating using SSH
I know one can use vim scp://host/path/to/file to edit locally remote files then update the remote machine when saving (:w).
However I would like to know if it's possible to navigate through ...
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