ssh & xemacs question
 

ok i try to open a file with xemacs on my compy and it works great. But when i ssh into my colleges linux server and try to open a file with xemacs it does not even open! : o.
heres what i type to open the file "xemacs testfile.txt &", any klue as to why its not opening for me to edit...

If I understand you correctly...
I've never used "xemacs" but it looks like ssh needs to be set up to allow X forwarding to use it. Maybe you should try a text editor like joe or pico?

pico testfile.txt

thanks for the tip pico works pretty well, its just that i like using xemacs because its a little more programmer friendly and i use it to edit all my programs on my fc3 box thats all
but still thanks cause pico works pretty good too

If you'd like to have ssh be able to use X programs (graphical programs) look around for 'ssh x forwarding' or something along the lines of 'ssh graphics' on google/linux and this forum. I'm actually thinking of trying to set this up in the near future.

you can either do ssh with -X switch to enable X-forwarding, or start xemacs with -nw switch, which starts it in the terminal window.

Idris