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Asked: 2026-05-11T10:27:50+00:00

I’m doing my development work on my Windows machine, but my compiling on a

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I’m doing my development work on my Windows machine, but my compiling on a remote Linux machine. What I currently do is start an X server on Windows, ssh into the Linux machine, then do the development remotely.

What I’d like to do is edit my source on the Windows machine, and have it automatically copy files over to the Linux system when I save. I’d also like for my built-in compilation commands to perform a build on the remote system.

If it makes a difference, the source is all in C, using GCC. In descending order of preference, I have Emacs, Vi, and Netbeans on my desktop, and am willing to install another IDE for a last resort.

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  1. One option is to use the TRAMP remote-editing package (built into Emacs 22 and newer, and you can install it into older versions). Every time you save your file, Emacs sends its contents over ssh (by default; of course every detail is totally configurable) to the Linux machine. Commands like M-x compile and M-x grep are TRAMP-aware and execute on the remote host.

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