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I noticed in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIxDJof7xxQ - that Ian uses a text editor that enables maintaining a FTP connection. Whenever he saves the text-file (which is a HTML file in his case), that update gets sent to the server automatically. I would love to be able to do that.
As for now I use Notepad++ in which I predominately create HTML and JavaScript text files. My machine is Windows 7. I have a web-hosting account (ASP.net) for my domains, which also includes a FTP account, of course.
I am looking for a lightweight text-editor that enables the functionality which can be seen in the above video - I want to be able to open a text-file (remotely via FTP), edit it, and then just hit CTRL+S to send the updated version to the remote server via FTP.
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To open Notepad simply press the Windows key and start typing notepad. You will most likely have typed a few characters and Notepad will appear in the menu for you to select. Press your left mouse button while hovering your mouse pointer over Notepad in the menu.
Open NotePad++ and click on the Show NPPFTP icon on the top menu bar to show the nppftp window. Click on the Settings button and choose Profile Settings. Click on the Add new button on the left bottom corner of the Profile Settings window. Then type in the FTP information for the web site.
Yes, there is Notepad and WordPad. Go to Start and type either one of them in, and you'll see it. You can get third-party utilities like Notepad++, Sublime Text, or Visual Studio Code if you need text editors for scripting or programming purposes.
The Zeus Lite editor does seamless FTP editing.
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Doesn't Notepad++ have a plug-in for this? I think I noticed that a while back...
Not quite what you're looking for, the FileZilla FTP client will detect that the file being edited has been modified and prompts you to upload it (maybe that can be made automatic also).
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