[ale] OT - Open via FTP, my replacement for UltraEdit

[Jay Loden]

Does anyone know if that is the same in GNOME or other WMs?  I read once that 
this behavior was really a result of network transparency in KDE...can anyone 
confirm/deny this? 

-Jay

On Saturday 29 January 2005 01:27 pm, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> I realize that this is probably common knowledge for (most) everyone
> else, but it's taken me a long time to figure it out (see my previous
> posts regarding an UltraEdit like app for Linux).  So, at risk of
> getting flamed, I'm posting it anyway in the event that someone else is
> having the same problem.  In my defense, I've only been [trying to] use
> Linux on the desktop for a short while (well, 1-2 years or so), so I'm
> still feeling my way around.
>
> A lot of what I do involves making simple updates / changes to client
> websites (change  a price, change a picture, etc.), and the ability in
> UltraEdit to just open a file remotely [via FTP] and then save it
> remotely [via FTP] was very nice.  I had been looking for something in
> Linux that replicated that ability.  Specifically, what I was looking
> for was something that had an 'open from ftp' or 'save to ftp' button.
> What I found, though, was even better.  With any of the various text
> editors available in Linux, I can just choose 'Open', and then open an
> FTP location.  The one that I've found that seems to best suit my needs
> is KDevelop.  Anyway, just thought I'd stick that out there in case
> someone else was having the same problem.
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