TextMate 2 adds a nice feature, where it is possible to edit files on a remote server using a helper script. The original helper script provided with TM2 is implemented in ruby. Here is my attempt to replace this ruby script with a shell script, because in some cases a ruby installation might just be to much overhead for just editing remote files.
The shell script needs to be copied to the server, you want to remote edit files, on. After that, open your TM2 preferences and enable "Allow rmate connections" setting in the "Terminal" settings and adjust the setting "Access for" according to your needs:
It's a good idea to allow access only for local clients. In this case you need to open a SSH connection to the system you want to edit a file on and specify a remote tunnel in addition:
ssh -R 52698:localhost:52698 user@example.com
If you are logged in on the remote system, you can now just execute
rmate test.txt
On some machines, where port forwarding is not possible, for example due to a missing ssh daemon, you can allow access for "remote clients". Just ssh or telnet to the remote machine and execute:
rmate -H textmate-host test.txt
Example session: Editing html file located on an SGI o2: https://github.com/aurora/rmate/wiki/Screens
A bash with compiled support for "/dev/tcp" is required. This is not the case on some older linux distributions, like Ubuntu 9.x.
$ ./rmate [-H host-name] [-p port-number] [-w] [-l line-number] [-m display-name] [-t file-type] [-f] [-v] file-path
rmate.sh takes a file as last argument. This argument is always required.
-H connect to host (default: localhost)
-p port number to use for connection (default: 52698)
-w wait for file to be closed by TextMate
-l place caret on line number after loading file
-m the display name shown in TextMate
-t treat file as having specified type
-f open even if file is not writable
-v verbose logging messages
-h display this usage information
Use with caution. This software may contain serious bugs. I can not be made responsible for any damage the software may cause to your system or files.
rmate
Copyright (C) 2011 by Harald Lapp harald@octris.org
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