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  1. Make sure ssh daemon is running on unix server
  2. Use putty or some other terminal emulator.
  3. Tell it where the machine is (ip or hostname), and log in to a shell.
  4. Edit files.Use vi, emacs, etc.

This is what I used to do before I stopped using windows completely. I had the option to dual boot- but instead.. I bit the bullet. I switched over completely. It took me a year to be really 100% comfortable- but only 3 months to officially never work on a windows box- ever again.

This is like going to rehab. It hurts- but your life will never be the same again.

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Re^2: IDE on Windows to edit Perl files on my unix server?
by nottRobin (Initiate) on Jul 25, 2009 at 00:02 UTC

    Thanks for all your help everyone.

    Unfortunately it will be a long time before I will switch over completely to Linux. It's not the acclimatisation thing, Linux is easy to use and I'm pretty familiar with Unix too, but it's just not practically feasible to use a different environment from the world around me. Essential pieces of software don't work or take more time than I have to configure. Shame.

    What I currently do is use putty to SSH in and then edit files with nano (I'll never understand how people can bare vi/vim/emacs - so unintuitive!). Or I use Filezilla to SFTP in and then edit files in place using a native editor.

    I was hoping there would be a more intuitive solution. I see that both Eclipse+EPIC and Komodo support remote debugging, although I haven't got either to work yet and I don't really understand the concept.

    I think what I want ideally is to have a proper fully fledged IDE running on my windows desktop that nonetheless can browse files and run and debug everything as if it was running on my Unix server, but maybe this is just impossible?

    Robin.

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      I think what I want ideally is to have a proper fully fledged IDE running on my windows desktop that nonetheless can browse files and run and debug everything as if it was running on my Unix server, but maybe this is just impossible?

      I think that is called a remote-desktop, X over ssh, NX

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      > I think what I want ideally is to have a proper fully fledged IDE running on my windows desktop that nonetheless can browse files and run and debug everything as if it was running on my Unix server,but maybe this is just impossible?

      It is possible, but as long as you think nano is more intuitive than e.g. emacs and you "haven't got either" (Komodo and Eclipse) "to work yet", I have no idea how to help you.

      There is a saying in German: "Please wash me but don't make me wet!"

      Anyway thanks I didn't know there's a nano port for Ms-Windows, and as soon as Emacs plug-ins are ported to nano I'll let you know. ;-)

      Cheers Rolf

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