--- title: Neat Trick with QuickCursor, SSH, ViM and TextMate author: George Mandis date: 2011-06-08 description: How to SSH into a server and use TextMate to edit a file using QuickCursor tags: post --- If you're like me and find yourself needing to SSH into servers on a daily basis but occasionally wish you could edit things in TextMate instead of [vim][vim] simply because those macros and shortcuts are hard-coded into your muscle memory, this trick might be for you. The three apps you'll need: - Terminal (duh) - [TextMate][textmate] (duh) - [QuickCursor][quickcursor] (aha!) It's really quite simple. With QuickCursor you can use your favorite text editor in any application via a keyboard shortcut. All you have to do is: - SSH into your server - Start editing the file in vim - Launch TextMate via the QuickCursor shortcut. - Make your edits, save, close and your new text is loaded into vim! Maybe that should have been an obvious process, but it was a real eureka moment when I realized I could do this. Up until this point I've mostly used it to quickly format emails and things, but this little trick suddenly makes it a much more useful tool for me. Totally worth the $4.99. [quickcursor]:http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/quickcursor [textmate]:http://macromates.com/ [vim]:http://www.vim.org/