vi or emacs for editing Python on Linux?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Steve> ... I *do* work on unix systems scattered across the nation and
    Steve> my personal workspace is not on every single one.  You know what
    Steve> is, though?  ssh.  That means scp is there so when I need to get
    Steve> something to/from that machine I can always scp to another
    Steve> machine, edit, scp back.

Even better, install tramp on (just) your local machine.  It works like
ange-ftp/efs, but with ssh protocols.  Got an asymmetric link (like a cable
modem)?  It understands rsync as well, so only your deltas go back across
the link in the slow direction.

    http://tramp.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,

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Skip Montanaro (skip at pobox.com - http://www.mojam.com/)