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A user 'sally' opens a gnome-terminal window on her workstation and uses the
SSH command to log in to the host 'pluto'.  She then types a command to edit a
file:

  ~$ ssh pluto
  sally@pluto:~$ vi .bashrc

Through the magic of C<bcvi>, the result is that the file is opened for editing
in a 'gvim' editor window on Sally's workstation.  Note, this does B<not> use
X-forwarding.  The GUI editor process is running on Sally's workstation.  The
file is copied transparently to and from the server pluto using scp (via gvim's
'netrw' network transport layer).

Compared to running vim on the remote server in the terminal window, C<bcvi>
provides these advantages to Sally:

=over 4

=item *

gvim on Sally's workstation has all her preferred key mappings, custom macros,