New to BBEdit

[Pieter Laeremans]

Hi, 

I'm quite new to BBEdit. I'm a longtime emacs user, and I also use 

VS Code. 

But I like the interface of BBE, the "Notes" feature and the Scratchpad are great.

I would like to investigate where I can replace VS Code, where I can, by BBEdit.

One of the nice things of VS Code, which I can not yet replicate with BBE, is that it very easy to work on projects where the code lives on a "cloud machine"., 

The builtin sftp support does not do it for me. I tried mounting the remote code through sshfs, but dis also feels a bit slow. I get the best results by mounting the remote code through a samba share. (it is bit annoying to set up).  And it works,  but there is noticeable lag when switching to the window, it appears to scan for changes on disk.  

Are there others trying to do something similar ? 

Thanks,

Pieter

[Neil Faiman]

> On Apr 15, 2024, at 5:59 AM, Pieter Laeremans <plaer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,

>
> One of the nice things of VS Code, which I can not yet replicate with BBE, is that it very easy to work on projects where the code lives on a "cloud machine".,
>
> The builtin sftp support does not do it for me. I tried mounting the remote code through sshfs, but dis also feels a bit slow. I get the best results by mounting the remote code through a samba share. (it is bit annoying to set up). And it works, but there is noticeable lag when switching to the window, it appears to scan for changes on disk.

I can only offer my own experience. I spent several years doing software development where the code lived (and the builds happened) on a VMS system. I did all the editing in BBEdit on a Mac using BBEdit’s sftp support, and the experience was seamless.

Of course, in this case, the VMS systems were on the same LAN, not on a cloud server somewhere (although I also used the same workflow remotely from home, just as effectively).

Regards,
Neil Faiman