One script, multiple personalities 

• Start a listener process on the workstation:

bcvi --listener

• SSH to server with port forward for listener:

bcvi --wrap-ssh -- hostname

• Unpack overloaded $TERM and set up an alias:

test -n "$(which bcvi)" && eval "$(bcvi --unpack-term)"
test -n "${BCVI_CONF}"  && alias vi="bcvi"

• Edit a file:

bcvi filename