Is it possible to remove the SSH delay in order to work with VIM through it?

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I'm trying to write programs using VIM on a remote server. The server is necessary because I'm in a system without VIM (iOS). When I connect through SSH, there is a visible delay of 200~600ms, which makes coding barely unpractical. Is there any way to use VIM remotely without that delay?

Coding on a tablet isn't very practical anyway. Get yourself a laptop. — Michael Hampton, Sep 13 '15 at 22:00
Any reason you're tied to VIM? Surely there's any number of suitable iOS editors. — Brandon Xavier, Sep 13 '15 at 22:14
No it is not. See: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/53988/slow-typing-on-ipad — Brian, Sep 13 '15 at 22:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '15 at 22:07

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You should understand what causes the delay. It is probably caused by excessive buffering in your routers, in which case you should try to eliminate it.

If you cannot reduce the delay, using mosh instead of ssh may hide some of it.

answered Sep 13 '15 at 22:07

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Is it possible to remove the SSH delay in order to work with VIM through it?

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