Remote VSCode

A package that implements the Textmate's 'rmate' feature for VSCode.

Installation

• Install the package from the editor's extension manager.
• Install a rmate version

• Ruby version: https://github.com/textmate/rmate
• Bash version: https://github.com/aurora/rmate
• Perl version: https://github.com/davidolrik/rmate-perl
• Python version: https://github.com/sclukey/rmate-python
• Nim version: https://github.com/aurora/rmate-nim
• C version: https://github.com/hanklords/rmate.c
• Node.js version: https://github.com/jrnewell/jmate
• Golang version: https://github.com/mattn/gomate

Usage

• Configure in the User Settings:

  //-------- Remote VSCode configuration --------
  
  // Port number to use for connection.
  "remote.port": 52698,
  
  // Launch the server on start up.
  "remote.onstartup": true
  
  // Address to listen on.
  "remote.host": "127.0.0.1"
  
  // If set to true, error for remote.port already in use won't be shown anymore.
  "remote.dontShowPortAlreadyInUseError": false

• Start the server in the command palette - Press F1 and type Remote: Start server, and press ENTER to start the server. You may see a Starting server at the status bar in the bottom.

• Create an ssh tunnel

  ssh -R 52698:127.0.0.1:52698 user@example.org

• Go to the remote system and run

  rmate -p 52698 file

License

MIT