Okay yeah, I am on the struggle bus here.
I finally found documentation that showed that Nova DOES use the local/remote server settings but it's far more complicated than anything I've ever done - I'm just not the target audience.
What I need is something that gives me the synchronized uploads of Coda/Transmit and a simple editor. Maybe I can push Nova in that direction, but it's a space shuttle when all I want is a Big Dumb Rocket.
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