[ale] editor with auto-ftp?

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

John Wells writes:
 > When I have to program on Win NT I use an editor
 > called UltraEdit.  The most appealing feature of this
 > editor is that it provides auto-ftp capabilites (i.e.,
 > you can click a button to open a file on a remote
 > server, edit it locally, and then click save to save
 > it back to the server).
 > 
 > I'm looking for an editor with equivalent capabilities
 > on linux (would make the change to an existing editor
 > myself, but in the interest of time would like to find
 > an existing one).  If you know of one, please let me
 > know.

That would be emacs, of course.  

     C-x C-f root at ftp.xxx.com:/etc/passwd

will prompt for the password.  You can set it up to default to
anonymous if no user is specified, or to your uid.

--Michael
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