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Sublime SFTP and FTP Plugin (w/ Remote Browsing)

#15

There is the possibility that I will implement this - it all depends on demand. So far I’ve had only a handful of people express interest in it. Currently that isn’t enough demand to offset the implementation and support time required. The more people who express interest, the more likely it is to happen.

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#16

[quote=“wbond”]

There is the possibility that I will implement this - it all depends on demand. So far I’ve had only a handful of people express interest in it. Currently that isn’t enough demand to offset the implementation and support time required. The more people who express interest, the more likely it is to happen.[/quote]

Yes I understand. But implementing this would make Sublimetext editor much much more attractive for huge community of web developers.

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#17

+1

I would love to be able to browse files on the server. I would love to replace Espresso (nothing against Espresso, I just prefer using ST2) but Espresso handles FTP pretty well.

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#18

This is a great plugin, thanks! Just bought it, it is a humongous help for me. Saves a lot of time not to have to drag my files over to WinSCP every two minutes.:smile:

Bought it :smile:

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#19

[quote=“dallbee”]Really fast, really smooth, but there’s a few features I’d like to see before committing to buying this.

  1. Remote file/folder deletion.
  2. Remote folder download.
  3. Upload on save.[/quote]

Version 1.5 includes sync functionality, which allows for automated handling of #1, if a file or folder has been deleted locally.

It seems the next big item on the list for functionality is remote server browsing and editing. This will allow for a more complete solution to #1, and address functionality desired by a number of other users.

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#20

Can’t wait. I’ll definitely buy it when this comes out.

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#21

Looks great so far, can’t wait for browsing/editing on remote. That’s one thing I miss from Coda.

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#22

I would be all over this plugin if I could work off a server. Only thing holding me back right now.

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#23

I just released version 1.6, which includes the much-requested remote server browsing and editing. Enjoy!

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#24

Damn…

Will, I think you have too much time on your hands :smile: . This is pretty incredible. I’ll definitely buy it soon. (BTW, did you raise the price with this release?)

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#25

Bloody awesome!

Thank you!!!

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#26

[quote=“C0D312”]Damn…

Will, I think you have too much time on your hands :smile: . This is pretty incredible. I’ll definitely buy it soon. (BTW, did you raise the price with this release?)[/quote]

I hope you find it useful!

In terms of the price, it actually went down a little with the release. I have done some experimentation with the price to make sure I can sustain the work on it, but at the same time make it affordable enough. The actual history is $8 -> $15 -> $19 -> $16. I’ve found it takes quite a bit of development and support time to keep up with all of the emails and requests. :smile: I can’t imagine how much time Jon sinks into Sublime!

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#27

Thank you for the remote browsing!

Is there any chance we’ll get remote folder tree preview?

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#28

Wow! Awesome!
Thanks for the update :wink:

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#29

Unfortunately there is no way through the Sublime API to add items to the side bar. I don’t load the full remote tree in the quick panel because the performance of such degrades very quickly when there are a number of folders and you have anything but the fastest connection.

Another request I’ve heard before that has the same answer it about adding context (right-click) menu entries to the files in the “Files” section of the side bar. Unfortunately the answer for this is also the same – there is no way to affect that via the Sublime API.

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#30

I seem to have discovered a small issue. When I use the “local to remote sync,” it opens a connection and works flawlessly. Then a few minutes later, I might make another edit. When I press “local to remote sync,” it connects, prompts me if I want to overwrite, I select yes, then it gives my a timeout error. If I restart st2, and the press local to remote sync, it works again flawlessly.

It seems that the plugin is not properly closing the connection because this issue occurs frequently. But besides that, it’s awesome.

Thanks again for all your work.

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#31

[quote=“C0D312”]I seem to have discovered a small issue. When I use the “local to remote sync,” it opens a connection and works flawlessly. Then a few minutes later, I might make another edit. When I press “local to remote sync,” it connects, prompts me if I want to overwrite, I select yes, then it gives my a timeout error. If I restart st2, and the press local to remote sync, it works again flawlessly.

It seems that the plugin is not properly closing the connection because this issue occurs frequently. But besides that, it’s awesome.[/quote]

Thanks for the bug report! I’ll check it out and release a fix with the next version.

You are correct in that I never explicitly close the connection - this helps improve the performance of uploads, but it has been quite a bear trying to find all of the edge cases about how the various programs and libraries I use react when they are disconnected by the server.

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#32

There’s really only one thing stopping me from purchasing this. I noticed there is “Upload file on save”, how about a “Download file on open (if newer)”

Most editors plugins I’ve tried that do FTP have somewhat of a “sync” when I open a file - that is, checking if the remote file has been modified after the local copy. If it has been modified after, then download the newest version on the spot. I do a lot of personal work off a cloud server (not production) and am forced to use FTP.

Therefore, if I checkout out another branch in the remote workspace via git, there’s a good chance my local copy will become stale and will muck up my current workspace if I don’t explicitly download each file I open.

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#33

Is there any chance to get the menuitems under “sidebar” and “context menu” organized under a “FTP” submenu?
Thanks

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#34

I found another odd bug. When I delete a folder off of my server, it deletes everything in the folder, then it deletes the actual folder, and then it tries to delete the folder again. It’s not really a big deal, but then SFTP throws a message saying ERROR.

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