Editing files of remote systems using an integrated development environment

A method for editing a source file from a remote operating system with a receiving operating system, comprising the steps of:

• (a) selecting a source file to open;
• (b) examining an extension of the source file;
• (c) determining a file transfer mode of the source file from the extension;
• (d) sending a request to retrieve the source file;
• (e) determining if the source file is binary;
• (f) if so, transferring the binary source file to a receiving computer;
• (g) opening the binary source file;
• (h) determining if the source file is text;
• (i) if so, encoding the source file to be interpretable by the receiving computer;
• (j) determining a CCSID character of the text source file and including the CCSID character in the step of encoding the source file;
• (k) sending an encoded source file to the receiving computer;
• and
• (l) opening the encoded source file
• (m) creating a edited temporary file by editing the binary source file or the encoded source file with at least one of the following editors:
• (i) a LPEX editor,
• (ii) a default text editor provided by an integrated development environment, and/or
• (iii) an operating system editor associated with the extension of the source file;
• (n) saving the edited temporary file;
• (o) determining the file transfer mode of the edited temporary file;
• (p) reading the edited temporary file;
• and
• (q) if the transfer mode is binary, transferring the edited temporary file to the remote computer;
• (r) if the transfer mode is text, encoding the edited temporary file to encoding of the remote computer;
• (s) transferring the edited temporary file to the remote computer, and
• (t) deleting the edited temporary file on the receiving computer.

A computer processing device, comprising:

• (a) a processor;
• (b) a memory functionally connected to the processor, the memory having an operating system executing on the processor;
• (c) a network interface by which the processor can access one or more remote systems across a connected or wireless network;
• (d) an integrated development environment executing on the processor;
• (e) an encoder by which to determine if a source file on the one or more remote systems is a binary or a text file and if a text file to encode the differences between the one or more remote systems and the operating system;
• (f) a datastore technology by which to transfer the source file from the one or more remote systems to the operating system;
• and
• (g) an editor by which to edit the source file on the operating system.

A computer processing device, comprising:

• (a) a processor connected to a memory;
• (b) a first operating system residing in memory and executing on the processor;
• (c) an integrated development environment residing in memory and executing on the processor;
• (d) a network interface by which the processor can access a connected or wireless network;
• (e) a datastore technology by which the integrated development environment can access and transfer a plurality of files between the one or more remote systems and the operating system;
• (f) an encoder by which to determine if one of the plurality of files is a source file on the one or more remote systems is a binary or a text file and to encode the differences between the one or more remote systems and the operating system such that the differences may be one or more of the following:
• operating system, human language, computer programming language;
• (g) an editor by which to edit the source file on the operating system;
• and
• (h) a temporary file on the operating system to store the edited source file;
• the encoder and the datastore technology to encode the edited source file for the remote system and to transfer the edited source file to the remote system, respectively.

An article of manufacture, comprising a data storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine readable instructions executable by an electronic processing apparatus to perform method steps for operating an electronic processing apparatus, said method steps comprising the steps of:

• (a) requesting a source file on a remote system;
• (b) determining whether the source file is a binary or a text file;
• (c) encoding the text file for use on a local integrated development environment;
• (d) editing the source file within the local integrated development environment, whether it be a binary or a text file;
• (e) encoding the edited text file for transfer to the remote system.

A file retrieval and editing system, comprising:

• (a) means to determine if a source file is a text or a binary file, the source file located on a remote computer system across a network;
• (b) means to encode a difference between the source file and a temporary file, the temporary file to be opened in a the file retrieval and editing system;
• (c) means to open the temporary file in the file retrieval and editing system;
• (d) means to edit the temporary file;
• (e) means to store the edited temporary file in the file retrieval and editing system;
• (f) means to encode the edited temporary file for use on the remote computer system;
• and
• (g) means to transfer the encoded and edited temporary file to the remote computer system.