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Notepad++ for Windows
Notepad++ for Windows

Notepad++ for Windows

Notepad++ is an open source, full-featured text editor for Windows PCs (not Macs). It has syntax coloring for many programming languages (Python, Perl, shell), and a remote file editing interface.

If you're on a Windows PC download the installer here.

Once it has been installed, start Notepad++ and follow these steps to configure it:

  • Configure the default line separator for Unix
    • In the Settings menu, select Preferences
    • In the Preferences dialog, select the New Document/Default Directory tab.
    • Select Unix in the Format section
    • Close
  • Configure a connection to TACC
    • In the Plugins menu, select NppFTP, then select Focus NppFTP Window. The top bar of the NppFTP panel should become blue.
    • Click the Settings icon (looks like a gear), then select Profile Settings
    • In the Profile settings dialog click Add new
    • Call the new profile lonestar
    • Fill in Hostname (lonestar.tacc.utexas.edu) and your TACC user ID
    • Connection type must be SFTP
    • Close

To open the connection, click the blue (Dis)connect icon then select lonestar connection. It should prompt for your password. Once you've authenticated, a directory tree ending in your home directory will be visible in the NppFTP window. You can click the the (Dis)connect icon again to Disconnect when you're done.

Since much of the editing we'll do will be in your SCRATCH area at TACC, rather than having to navigate around TACC's complex file system tree, let's just create a symbolic link it helps to create symbolic links to your WORK and SCRATCH directory in your home directory. Then you'll be able to get there just by clicking on the scratch or work folder in the Notepad++ Remote directory tree.

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titleCreating a shortcut to the main Lonestar working directories

ln -s $SCRATCH scratch
ln -s $WORK work

See below for how to do this.

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Komodo Edit for Mac and Windows
Komodo Edit for Mac and Windows

Komodo Edit for Mac and Windows

Komodo Edit is another free, full-featured text editor for both Macintosh and Windows that will let you edit files over ssh. Download the appropriate install image here.

Once installed, select "Preferences", then "Servers" and SFTP for Server type; then enter your hostname and username and save this profile as "Lonestar". Don't enter anything for port or default path. When you want to open a file at Lonestar, select File -> Open -> Remote file and the top drop-down menu will have "Lonestar". Select that, and it should show you all the files in your lonestar home directory.

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In order to make navigating to the different file systems on lonestar easier ($SCRATCH and $WORK), you can set up some shortcuts with these commands that create folders that "link" to those locations. ( Run the commands when logged into Lonestar with a terminal, from your home directory).

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titleCreating a shortcut to the main Lonestar working directories

cdh
ln -s $SCRATCH scratch
ln -s $WORK work
ln -s $BI BioITeam

Copying Files To and From TACC: SFTP Clients

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