FTP Browser is a plugin for Gedit that enable direct editing of files from an FTP location. If you own a website, this is a really useful plugin, as you don't have to use a FTP client, login, download the files, then edit them and upload them. You can edit them directly with Gedit.
You could do the same with the File Browser pane but this does not rely on Nautilus.
You could do the same with the File Browser pane but this does not rely on Nautilus.
To install this Gedit plugin, firstly DOWNLOAD it, then extract the archive and copy the files to the
/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/ folder in your home directory. If the plugins folder does not exist, create it. Then, close any running instance of Gedit, open it and go to Edit > Preferences, and on the "Plug-ins" tab, check the "FTP Browser" plug-in:
That's about it. To use it, select View > Side Pane and select the FTP Browser tab.
* Obviously, the files are not edited directly on the server, but it feels like so: once the files are saved, they are automatically uploaded so it's just as if you were editing them directly on the FTP server.
* Obviously, the files are not edited directly on the server, but it feels like so: once the files are saved, they are automatically uploaded so it's just as if you were editing them directly on the FTP server.
