Re: Using tramp to connect to a remote emacs session

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi Anselm,

Anselm Helbig wrote:
> At Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:06:16 -0700,
> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the very clear explanation Pete. :) I had a hunch it is 
> > something like X-forwarding. I don't really like to do X-forwarding, the 
> > interface is usually very unresponsive. I would rather go with `emacs -nw'.
>
> If you want to connect to a remote emacs but don't want to do X
> forwarding, then you can do either 
>
>   - start emacs with the --daemon option on the remote host; you can
>     now connect to the running emacs instance with `emacsclient -t'
>     which will give you an emacs terminal frame. Which will, of
>     course, work over ssh as well. You can still get a X frame if you
>     like by not using -t. This requires Emacs 23 to work.
>
>   - the obvious solution: use GNU screen or a similar tool (dtach,
>     tmux, ...), start your console mode emacs in there and reconnect
>     as necessary. Works with any version of emacs, obviously.

Sorry for going OT, I looked into screen after your post. Isn't it 
almost the same as any terminal emulators available on GNU/Linux 
systems? (xfce4-terminal, konsole, gnome-terminal ...)  What are the 
advantages offered by screen over a regular ssh session in one of these 
terminal emulators?

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Suvayu

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