Re: graphical ssh based file browser.. (a gmc addition ?)
- From: Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows brown edu>
- To: Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>
- Cc: Federico Mena Quintero <federico nuclecu unam mx>, pavel atrey karlin mff cuni cz, leduc control toronto edu, gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: graphical ssh based file browser.. (a gmc addition ?)
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:37:59 -0400
On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 08:56:43AM -0500, Miguel de Icaza was heard to say:
>
> > (1) It's *slow*. My suspicion is that gmc isn't reusing connections and
> > reconnecting for every operation (ssh connections take a long time to
> > negotiate)
>
> Strange, it actually keeps a single connection for the whole life of
> the VFS.
Ok, it must have been a slow network connection that day or something (over
a local Ethernet no less!). I just copied a bunch of files over an ssh link
with gmc and it went incredibly quickly.
> > (2) Double-clicking on a directory in icon view doesn't enter it (this might
> > be a general gmc thing, I don't know)
>
> Strange.
Yep, it seems to be gone now. :-)
> > (3) *** I can't link from the fish filesystem to the desktop. I know there
> > are probably some technical difficulties here, but a way to do this would
> > be excellent. (also, a little icon next to "Location" that represents the
> > cwd -- like Netscape -- would help for this).
>
> This should be fixed on CVS. Next release will include the fix.
Which part, the location icon or the fish-linking? :-)
>
> Best wishes,
> --
> miguel@gnu.org
I have a feature request for fish, if you don't mind. :-)
How difficult would it be to enable execution of files over an ssh link?
Does VFS support doing this? It should at least be possible to run X programs
this way (using ssh-forwarding)
Daniel
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