A good Linux based text editor, with FTP editing, and ability to keep alive ftp connection [closed]

Question

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.

Answer 1

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/

Answer 2

Geany does everything but the remote connection, but that's what GVFS is for.