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created July 19, 2004 · complexity basic · author Amir Salihefendic · version 5.7

I was really annoyed by the lack of Vim support by the FTP applications found on Mac OS X. None of them support Vim as an external editor. But there is a solution.

Download FTPeel (http://freshlysqueezedsoftware.com/products/ftpeel/). It's a great FTP app that has a feature called MagicMirror.

Here is it how it works:

Define a local folder as a site root.
Define a remote server as the mirror.
Drag any files you want mirrored to FTPeel's dock icon!

Well - This features also works from Vim. That is, you open a local file, edit it and press some shortcuts to paste the file to FTPeel -- and FTPeel does its work.

FTPeel had a bug, but I have manually fixed it.

Here is what you need to add to your vimrc:

" FTPeel MagicMirror support
fun! MagicMirrorIt()
  let path = substitute(expand("%:p"), '/', ":", "g")
  let nice_path = substitute(path, "^:", "", "")
  execute('!osascript -e "tell application \"FTPeel\" to open \"' . nice_path . '\""')
endfun
map <C-S> :call MagicMirrorIt()<CR>

First set up FTPeel. Then open your local file and when you want to upload it on the world wide web -- just hit Control-s

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-I was really pissed by the lack of VIM support by the FTP applications found on Mac OS X. None of them support VIM as an external editor.
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+I was really annoyed by the lack of Vim support by the FTP applications found on Mac OS X. None of them support Vim as an external editor. But there is a solution.
+Download FTPeel (http://freshlysqueezedsoftware.com/products/ftpeel/). It's a great FTP app that has a feature called MagicMirror.
+Here is it how it works:
+# Define a local folder as a site root.
+# Define a remote server as the mirror.
+# Drag any files you want mirrored to FTPeel's dock icon!
+Well - This features also works from Vim. That is, you open a local file, edit it and press some shortcuts to paste the file to FTPeel -- and FTPeel does its work.
-But it's all over!
+FTPeel had a bug, but I have manually fixed it.
+Here is what you need to add to your vimrc:
+<pre>
-First off. Download FTPeel (http://freshlysqueezedsoftware.com/products/ftpeel/). It's a great FTP app that has a feature called MagicMirror.
+" FTPeel MagicMirror support
+fun! MagicMirrorIt()
-Here is it how it works:
+  let path = substitute(expand("%:p"), '/', ":", "g")
+  let nice_path = substitute(path, "^:", "", "")
-. Define a local folder as a site root.
+  execute('!osascript -e "tell application \"FTPeel\" to open \"' . nice_path . '\""')
+endfun
-. Define a remote server as the mirror.
+map <C-S> :call MagicMirrorIt()<CR>
+</pre>
-. Drag any files you want mirrored to FTPeel's dock icon!
-Well - This features also works from VIM . .! I.e. you open a local file, edit it and press some shortcuts to paste the file to FTPeel - - And FTPeel does it work!
-Well, FTPeel had a bug, but I have manually fixed it.
-Anyway, to come to the point - Here is what you need to add to your .vimrc:
-" FTPeel MagicMirror support
-fun! MagicMirrorIt()
- let path = substitute(expand("%:p"), '/', ":", "g")
- let nice_path = substitute(path, "^:", "", "")
- execute('!osascript -e "tell application \"FTPeel\" to open \"' . nice_path . '\""')
-endfun
-map &lt;C-S&gt; :call MagicMirrorIt()&lt;CR&gt;
-Now. First set up FTPeel. Then open your local file and when you want to upload it on the big world wide web - - just hit Control and s!
-I think it's pretty smart :-)!
-Also as you see it works by doing some Applescript. This is actually a pretty damn smart way of using AppleScript. Maybe there can be made more ways of using Applescript.
-Ok, I hope you like my tip!
-Kind regards,
-Amir
-http://amix.dk
-}}
+First set up FTPeel. Then open your local file and when you want to upload it on the world wide web -- just hit Control-s
-== Comments ==
-And this has what to do with vim?
+==Comments==
-'''Anonymous'''
-, July 22, 2004 6:51
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