Re: graphical ssh based file browser.. (a gmc addition ?)

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows brown edu>]

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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