BBEdit or BBEdit-Like Editor Running Directly in Terminal

[Rick Gordon]

Is there any way to get a subset of BBEdit-like functionality in a
Terminal editor?

I often use BBEdit as a means of editing in the Terminal on my own
computer, but that doesn't work so easily with another computer that I
access via ssh, where I can't really exit the Terminal to edit. though I
could install a tool that I could run in the Terminal.

I see that there are a number of mouse-aware Terminal editors that are
available, and am just looking at ci-edit
<https://github.com/google/ci_edit>, though it seems sluggish.

I'd appreciate any suggestions here. Thanks.

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RICK GORDON
EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING
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WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com

[Rick Gordon]

I am aware that I can open a document in my local BBEdit via Open from
FTP/SFTP Server… I'm just looking for a more direct in-Terminal option.

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[Gregory Shenaut]

You could consider using sshfs.

Greg Shenaut

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[Rick Gordon]

Thanks, Gregory, but what's the advantage of that (except for a mounted
filesystem) vs using BBEdit opening via FTS/SFTP Server (which is what I
already do)? Does it give me a BBEdit-like Terminal editor?

Rick Gordon

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[Steve deRosier]

Hi Rick,

I spend most of my time editing files that are on Linux boxes where I've got ssh access only.  I add this to my .bashrc:

export REMOTEHOST=`echo $SSH_CLIENT | cut -d ' ' -f 1`

export HOSTIP=`echo $SSH_CONNECTION | cut -d ' ' -f 3`

function bbedit {

# bbedit won't open a remote file via sftp if it doesn't exist. So, if it's a new file

# create it, call bbedit to open, and then kill it.

FCREATED=0

if [ ! -e "$PWD/$1" ]

then

touch "$PWD/$1"

FCREATED=1

fi

ssh derosier@$REMOTEHOST /usr/local/bin/bbedit -c -u --front-window "sftp://$USER@$HOSTIP/$PWD/$1"

# The above call will background and return immediately. The file will open in bbedit

# but since we've created it, and we don't want to leave it around, we kill it right away.

# If the user saves it, it gets recreated and content is saved. If not, there's no file,

# so we're cool too. It's a bit odd, but it works.

if [ "$FCREATED" -eq "1" ]

then

rm "$PWD/$1"

fi

}

Then editing a file is as simple as `bbedit somefile.txt` It calls back to my Mac and has bbedit open the file via sftp.  Edit, hit cmd-s and close the file/window as desired. Easy. Obviously you need ssh server enabled and your keys setup to avoid password prompts, but you can figure all that out.

Anyway, maybe that helps for you!

- Steve

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[Christopher Waterman]

I do something similar to Steve most of the time, as I dislike -hate really- vim, and emacs.
I do have an found an editor that I like and I think it might be good for you. It has mouse support, sane defaults, it isn’t modal so it’s a lot more like using a GUI editor like BBEdit.

https://micro-editor.github.io

Best of luck,
— Chris(topher)?

[Rick Gordon]

Thanks, Steve and Chris for your recommendations. I will try both.

Rick Gordon

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> <mailto:li...@rickgordon.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Is there any way to get a subset of BBEdit-like functionality in
> a Terminal editor?
> >
> > I often use BBEdit as a means of editing in the Terminal on my
> own computer, but that doesn't work so easily with another
> computer that I access via ssh, where I can't really exit the
> Terminal to edit. though I could install a tool that I could run
> in the Terminal.
> >
> > I see that there are a number of mouse-aware Terminal editors
> that are available, and am just looking at ci-edit
> <https://github.com/google/ci_edit>, though it seems sluggish.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any suggestions here. Thanks.
> >
> > ___________________________________________
> > RICK GORDON
> > EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING
> > ___________________________________________
> > WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com
> >
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