Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Java - To install or not to install Date: 15 Oct 2016 15:54:55 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <2016100809200284022-xxx@yyyzzz> <081020162120242707%star@sky.net> <091020161059222126%star@sky.net> <091020161641119006%timstreater@greenbee.net> <091020161247090846%nospam@nospam.invalid> <091020161845457466%timstreater@greenbee.net> <2016100911373118676-xxx@yyyzzz> <091020161440057365%nospam@nospam.invalid> <151020161337443461%timstreater@greenbee.net> X-Trace: individual.net xG9GpMKg81ZDbkrjTghLoQmrX29+9CUDq5Hgs1w3Omm2VEPHkr Cancel-Lock: sha1:w9ga4Rkm/9LXZU8dxfIDW8svHZM= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:36930 On 2016-10-15, Paul Sture wrote: > On 2016-10-15, Tim Streater wrote: >> In article , Paul Sture >> wrote: >> >>>The great thing about using sftp/ftps from a local editor is that you >>>have all your carefully crafted macros, code snippets and shortcut >>>keys available. With TextWrangler/BBEdit, you don't even copies of >>>those installed on the remote systems. >> >> Some of the files I need to ftp are .apps, though, so presumably >> TW/BBEdit's offering won't help there? > > Ah no. I was only considering TW/BBEdit's capability with text files, > i.e. scripts, config files and so on. > > .apps are directory trees containing binary stuff, so I wouldn't > attempt to use TW/BBEdit for transfers of these. TW/BB doesn't provide a full-fledged general-purpose S/FTP client. Instead, they simply allow you to view and edit text files remotely through an S/FTP interface. I just tried to drag a file from the Finder to the FTP Browser window in TW, and the drop was not accepted. > Poking inside .apps on remote systems to look at plist files might be > a valid use though. Yep. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR