Remote files editing in Helix via SSH ?

[pm-hwks]

Does helix support editing remote files via SSH ?
VSCode allows this via remote development plugins and emacs provides this functionality via tramp

[David-Else]

Have you tried a recent version of Kitty terminal? You should be able to run Helix in that and edit remote files using the ssh kitten that is built in: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/faq/#i-get-errors-about-the-terminal-being-unknown-or-opening-the-terminal-failing-when-sshing-into-a-different-computer

https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#truly-convenient-ssh

The ssh kitten is redesigned with powerful new features:
Automatic Shell integration on remote machines
Easily clone local shell/editor config on remote machines
Automatic re-use of existing connections to avoid connection setup latency

[kshitijsachan]

Just to make sure I'm understanding, this won't solve the problem of latency from key presses or filepicker search, right?

[jmg-duarte]

I don't understand this reply, where did OP say that he was using kitty?

If I understand correctly, your suggestion is that anyone who wants to get hx working over SSH, moves to a specific terminal?

[vvzen]

As a remote worker for the last 2 years+, I have been using helix via ssh in a more basic way: I compiled helix on the target machine(s) where I constantly ssh, installed rust-anaylizer there too, and then started coding.
Performance-wise, it's been way better than using sshfs or other options, the only annoying thing is support for copy pasting (space+p)from the local machine that I'm using, instead of the one that I'm ssh-ing to.

Does anyone know of a way to achieve that ?
Using the classic cmd/ctrl+c cmd/ctrl + v is really laggy over big chunks of texts, and also formats it incorrectly.

[zacharyburnett]

does :clipboard-yank work?

EDIT: oh this comment is 2 years old, you probably figured that out already 😅

[NewtonChutney]

I'm working in an org that has very old builds of everything.. rhel6, centos7 are the most probable oses you'll land on in a server..

I'd like to be able to ssh from a Helix instance running in a local terminal.. Compiling/installing on the remote envs are out of scope.. 🥲

[NewtonChutney]

And as the local glibc versions are quite different from the remote.. I don't think Helix can handle sending over a server binary, to assist with remote directory traversing and file editing.

[nullbyto]

It would be a great feature, to add support for editing files on a remote server using the scp protocol like in vim:

vim scp://user@myserver[:port]//path/to/file

[SHU-red]

+1

One Setup to rule them all

[abu-matterize]

Do-able in 2024?

[markstos]

Not directly that I'm aware. You could use something like sshfs to have the OS mount a folder over SSH, such that Helix would see the remote files as being local.