Comment 1 for bug 155897

I find that Kdevelop has a bug in the find in files interface for remote shares only:

Ubuntu 7.10

file->open correctly uses the network folders interface and allows you to work on remote folders.
edit->findinfiles tries to use the interface but will not open an ssh or ftp share

It *could* be that there is a simple syntax bug around the "remote:" part of the path. I tried several variations to no avail.

workaround: use sshfs or smbmount to establish a share. That is usable in edit->findinfiles