ssh -X account@server

//edit:
or just google "x forwarding"

This post was edited by slacksmash on Jun 11 2012 03:34pm

X forwarding is the fastest you're going to get for an editor with a clickable UI. Any other option is going to be slower.

L2vim or emacs.

If it's slow on your laptop, you may want to plug it into a hard line instead of using wifi.

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 11 2012 04:39pm

I know that feeling....today was my first class and we had to use this fucking VI editor that yells at you every time you do something that you are used to (like hitting backspace)

just keep pressing backspace till everybody gets annoyed. maybe they give you another editor then (or just disable the bell)

vi is awesome.

seems useful, but damn it will take awhile for me to get used to

all you really need to get used to is that there's two modes of operation - navigation and editing mode. by default you're in navigation mode, where you can use shortcuts/commands to manipulate large (or small) areas of text.

when you hit "i" you enter insert mode, which allows you to type/edit like you normally would. to switch out of insert mode, hit esc.

aside from that, :w to save, :q to quit, :wq to save and quit (done from navigation mode)

you can slowly learn the features one by one (esp if you use vim, which most unix/linux boxes have), and become reasonably proficient at it to do a lot of stuff with it.

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 12 2012 06:06pm

Don't like interactive editors? There is always sed

Yeah I quickly caught onto the difference between edit/navigation

I just need to figure out all the cool shortcuts.

if you want to learn the "h,j,k,l" you can play this game: http://wordwarvi.sourceforge.net
you have to fight against the evil emacs

if you finally want your vim-keybindings in firefox, then I recommend vimperator (got also the feature to search for links and follow them, so you don't have to use your mouse)

(or vimprobable is also a nice browser, much more lightweight and much faster started)