Can gedit on mac be used to edit files over ssh?

Question

I use a linux machine at work and a mac at home. I can ssh from my machine at home to my work machine. But the only editor that I have access to on the command line then is vi, which I don't like.

Is there a way to use gedit on my mac to edit files remotely over an ssh connection?

This page says that it can be done, but I think that it assumes that you are using gedit on ubuntu. On my mac (os 10.5.8) I don't have the "bookmark" option when I click "connect to server".

http://thecodecentral.com/2010/04/02/use-gedit-as-remote-file-editor-via-ftp-and-ssh-ubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-50558

Solution

CyberDuck will allow you to edit files over SSH using the Mac text editor of your choice. I recommend TextWrangler.

Comments

[aqua]

Depending on your version of OS X you may need to reinstall X11. I had to on Leopard.

[romainl]

Alternatively, you can use TextWrangler to edit files directly over SSH.

[akira]

gedit via x11-forwarding? the horror ... sshfs is the only solution that makes any sense.

[noamtm]

Thanks, @romainl, that's actually the best solution IMHO. I've been using TextWrangler for 3 years and never noticed it can do that.