Using xfm over ssh?

[raincityrunner]

I've managed to stream files over SSH over my LAN. The problem is that some of the pathnames for my files are ridiculously long. I've heard that it's possible to run x-windows apps (e.g. xfm?) over SSH -- how can I go about doing this so that I don't need to use command line to type extremely long and complex pathnames?

[Lars Noodén]

You can connect to the remote machine using ssh with X11 forwarding (-X) enabled. Then any graphical programs you run on the remote machine will have their output forwarded to the local display.

ssh -X -l raincityrunner othermachine.example.org
firefox &

That can be condensed further if you only want to run one program and then exit afterwards.

ssh -X -l raincityrunner othermachine.example.org firefox

You'll want a fast connection with low latency because it can be a little sluggish otherwise. Usually it is fine over the LAN.