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Asked: 2026-05-16T11:14:06+00:00

I need a text editor for linux with the following features: Syntax Highlighting for

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I need a text editor for linux with the following features:

  • Syntax Highlighting for PHP, Javascript (most have these)
  • Autocompletion of braces, parenthesis, and
  • Most important of all, editing via FTP.
  • Even more important of all, have a ‘keep alive’ function when editing via ftp. I have a not so fast internet connection and many editors connect, save, and disconnect everytime i save the file.

The keep alive function that notepad++ has is a life saver. I’ve tried jEdit, but there isnt a keep alive feature.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can achieve remote editing with any editor when using some Fuse based FTP-filesystem.

    For example:
    http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/

    curlftpfs -o user=username:password ftp.example.com /my/mount/point

    More preferably you should use SSH and SSHFS if possible.
    http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html

    For the editor I would recommend Geany or even Eclipse.

    You should also checkout JetBrains’ PHPStrom
    http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

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