How to install and use remote-atom

remoteAtom.md

Installation

1. Install Atom on your computer (https://atom.io)

2. Launch Atom, go in Preferences, then chose Install, search for "remote-atom", and install it

3. On the distant machine:

   cd ~
   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aurora/rmate/master/rmate
   chmod +x rmate

How to use it

1. Launch Atom on your computer
2. Go in Packages > Remote Atom > Start Server
3. ssh to the distant machine and add the option -R 52698:localhost:52698 (for example for me it is: ssh -R 52698:localhost:52698 ntag@ntag.fr)
4. On the distant machine, just do ~/rmate /path/to/my/file/i/want/to/open to open it on Atom on your computer :-)