This is a handy little utility for people who use SSH to connect to servers but like to use gvim (a GUI version of vim) to edit files. When you're connected to a remote server (say server.example.com) and type a command like:
bcvi .bashrc
The bcvi utility sends a message back to your workstation which causes a command like this to be run:
gvim scp://server.example.com/.bashrc
Because the editor process is running on your workstation:
- all your local .vimrc macros, settings, etc are available
- the GUI is snappy and responsive (unlike an X-forwarded app)
- when you save the file, it is transparently uploaded via scp
- your remote shell window is available to run other commands
For a more detailed description of bcvi (with pretty pictures), go to:
http://sshmenu.sourceforge.net/articles/bcvi/.
Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Grant McLean
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.