I have been trying to ftp into a shared hosting account with vim (brand new to vim) for a few hours now. I read about this syntax but I have no idea how to use it apparently or where do I insert my ftp password.
:e ftp://[user@]machine/path
Try
vim ftp://[email protected]//the/path/to/yourfile.php
Note: Double Slashes after machine/domain name.
Edit: You can also Try this Plugin. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1075