using mac as dev server?
By underthesun at Mon, Oct 27 2008 9:07am |
Hi, I'm new to mac development, but one thing which I found a bit hard to adapt to is the text editing environment in macs..
Was thinking of using a different computer to ssh -X into my mac mini, because I'll then be able to use my other computer with two monitors. But then X over ssh is a bit slow..
The other solution would be setting up an nfs server in my mac mini. Or is there another way?
Anyways, hello mac research :)
using mac as dev server? : addition of ssh and editor
While I am not sure what is precisely what you are looking for, I can recommend a solution for developping on another computer.
Keep a terminal window open with ssh for commands (make, run, and so on) and a text editor that supports remote editing (emacs for instance, or TextWrangler on OS X, other suggestions welcome).
That way you can edit, compile and execute code all on the remote host, be it you Mac Mini or anything else.
Why ssh -X?
If you want GUI why not use Mac OS X Screen Sharing? If you are in a 100T if should be fast enough...
Well.. I'm coding from my
Well.. I'm coding from my linux computer with two screens.. :D until I get used to XCode.
Or is there a tool to do screen sharing on a mac server, from a linux client?
At least you got this.
There is a way to share your linux screen to a mac server ( very fast) , it's called NoMachine NX, and it's really fast. I use it to control my linux server with my MacBook all the time.
http://www.nomachine.com/
Good luck :)
Actually, I found a solution
Actually, I found a solution which seemed to be the best for anyone that just can't get used to xcode (forgive me, but for most of everyone, the "home" key usually goes to the beginning of the line, not the beginning of the file)
After enabling ssh server, from linux you can just run sshfs, which mounts whatever you connect to as a file system. Works wonderfully, no need to share screens or anything like that..