Edit Remote Files Locally

Say you have to log in to a remote system and edit a file. Over a slow line, the editing job could be awkward and juddery, but Vim offers a quick solution. By passing an scp:// URI to Vim, it'll transfer the file across to the local machine, edit it locally, and then send it back when you're done. A great speedup over dialup lines.

An example of editing a remote file is:
# vim scp://user@hostname.org//home/user/filename