# \[Help migrate from VSCode\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Emacs\ **Created:** [June 28, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/help-migrate-from-vscode/826 "2024-06-28T15:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElRealPlatano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@ElRealPlatano](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/ElRealPlatano)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/help-migrate-from-vscode/826/1 "2024-06-28T15:32:18Z")
Hello, I’m looking to transition from VSCode to Emacs. I primarily work through a remote connection to my home laptop using Tailscale. Could someone recommend a guide on setting up remote-SSH in Emacs, similar to how it’s done in VSCode? Additionally, any guidance on setting up development containers in Emacs would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![dgr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/dgr/32/394_2.png) [@dgr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/dgr)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/help-migrate-from-vscode/826/2 "2024-06-28T21:42:08Z")
Oh, you’re in for a tread! Emacs’s SSH capabilities are way beyond what VSCode can do especially if you can’t install the connector, or what ever the remote part for VSCode is called. Just open a file with `C-x C-f` or `M-x find-file` then in the mini buffer at the bottom get rid of everything (could require `M-backspace` and or `C-backspace`), now add `/ssh:user@fqdn:some_path` and hit enter. If you opened a file, use it like normal but you can also open directories and use _dired_ and many other modes and Emacs plugins. If you set `(setq dired-dwim-target t)` and open a second _dired_ you have a commander style file manager, where you can copy file from local to remote or from remote to remote in all combinations. Maybe try `M-x shell` to get a remote shell. How would you like it, if you could use `/ssh:user@fqdn|sudo:other_user@fqdn:/some/path`? Also how about you can use `M-x magit` and remote control the repository on the remote host through _SSH_ and _sudo_? Then fire a quick `M-! systemctl reload service_x`? If you know, you will want to visit the location in the future and are to lazy to type the whole thing all the time, you can use `C-x r m` to save it as a bookmark. Use `C-x r l` to list your bookmarks. This is the power of `Tramp`! `C-u C-h i` then enter `tramp` in the minibuffer to read the manual - find the abbreviation for _sudo_ to root in quickstart 😉 ---
**Author:** ![alphapapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alphapapa](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/alphapapa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/help-migrate-from-vscode/826/3 "2024-07-01T20:25:14Z")
You’ll probably want to run Emacs in daemon mode and run `emacsclient` instances when you connect to the laptop. See the Emacs manual for details.