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Can I bridge “backwards” from an ssh connection to my local emacs-server?

I'd very much like to log in to a remote machine with ssh and via the $EDITOR environment variable (or something similar) be able to edit in my local Emacs. In this case, specifically for when I log ...
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emacs fonts from ssh not as good as locally installed

How can I have the same emacs fonts and antialiasing configuration that I have in my local Ubuntu 12.04 also working when I open an emacs session via ssh to a CentOS 5 system? EDIT: I didn't get an ...
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Why does my Emacs toolbar look different over ssh w/ X forwarding on Cygwin vs CentOS?

I'm using Emacs 24.2.1 installed on a CentOS 5 server, which I ssh into with X forwarding (using -Y). I have both a Windows laptop with Cygwin/X installed, as well as a desktop running CentOS 6. When ...
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Can emacs use gpg-agent in a terminal at all?

I understand that there are problems with getting pinentry-curses to work with emacs (see some of the comments on http://emacswiki.org/emacs/EasyPG), and so using emacs in a terminal isn't compatible ...
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Can Bash Emacs shortcuts be enabled over SSH?

I find Bash keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl-a (jump to start of line), Ctrl-k (cut text following caret), Ctrl-n/Ctrl-p (next/previous line in command history) immeasurably useful in day-to-day CLI ...
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emacs syntax highlighting fails on my SSH client

I need to connect to a remote server by SSH to edit some documents. When I work at home, I SSH to the remote server using SSH Secure Shell and open emacs, but it doesn't fully highlight documents as I ...
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Emacs ansi-term and term not working well when I ssh into a remote machine

I have the exact same Emacs configuration on a local and remote machine, and when I run M-x ansi-term or M-x term on each of them individually everything works great. However, if I run any of these ...
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how to ssh to remote server and use local emacs to edit files?

Is there a way to use the emacs installed my local computer to access remote files I have in a remote server? I have googled and found out that I should use TrampMode however it is necessary for me to ...