remote-ssh plugin (like vscode)
This is mostly just for tracking. Obviously everyone wants this, but it looks like work... 😏 # Problem vscode has "remote" tools (broadly referred to as `vscode-remote`, in particular `vscode remote-ssh`) - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh ... that allow the user to 1. input a ssh URI (hostname + port) - or select from a list of hosts discovered from your local `~/.ssh/config` 2. vscode connects to the remote ssh endpoint using your local `~/.ssh` credentials - or prompts for password as needed 3. vscode starts a new local UI 4. vscode installs _another vscode_ on the remote machine automatically - it also installs your plugins, on the remote! 5. the new local vscode UI controls the remote vscode server, and you can use it to work on the remote machine very much like a local vscode. # Ideaaaaaa 1. Implement a "universal installer" script (sh, powershell) that pulls from https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases and installs the correct Nvim on the current machine ``` curl https://neovim.io/install-hax && bash install-hax ``` - does something like this already exist? - https://github.com/rhysd/action-setup-vim - https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/nvenv - https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob 2. Implement an Nvim plugin that works like vscode remote-ssh (described above) - select ssh host from `~/.ssh/config` - installs Nvim on the remote (
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Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any decent alternative.
I'm wondering how much of that is bad developer UX and defaults, and how much of that is inherent complexity in the problem space.
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remote-ssh plugin (like vscode)
This is mostly just for tracking. Obviously everyone wants this, but it looks like work... 😏 # Problem vscode has "remote" tools (broadly referred to as `vscode-remote`, in particular `vscode remote-ssh`) - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh ... that allow the user to 1. input a ssh URI (hostname + port) - or select from a list of hosts discovered from your local `~/.ssh/config` 2. vscode connects to the remote ssh endpoint using your local `~/.ssh` credentials - or prompts for password as needed 3. vscode starts a new local UI 4. vscode installs _another vscode_ on the remote machine automatically - it also installs your plugins, on the remote! 5. the new local vscode UI controls the remote vscode server, and you can use it to work on the remote machine very much like a local vscode. # Ideaaaaaa 1. Implement a "universal installer" script (sh, powershell) that pulls from https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases and installs the correct Nvim on the current machine ``` curl https://neovim.io/install-hax && bash install-hax ``` - does something like this already exist? - https://github.com/rhysd/action-setup-vim - https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/nvenv - https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob 2. Implement an Nvim plugin that works like vscode remote-ssh (described above) - select ssh host from `~/.ssh/config` - installs Nvim on the remote (
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