cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) (03/04/91)
Archive-name: ftp/client/ange-ftp/1991-03-03
Archive: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/ange-ftp.el.Z [128.146.8.60]
Original-posting-by: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Original-subject: Re: Documentation for ange-ftp.el? & a question
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)
In article <9103031835.AA16251@fenris.idt.unit.no> steinarb@IDT.UNIT.NO (Steinar Bang) writes:
Sombody out there knows wher to get documentation for (or simply a
description of how to use) ange-ftp.
I was a bit worried about the comments speaking about redefining
central emacs functions.
My question is, does ange-ftp affect emacs' operation so much that it
can't be used for ordinary editing?
Or does loading ange-ftp.el simply add functionality?
There really is nothing to worry about. All ange-ftp does is add
functionality.
To get the maximum benefit from it I suggest you get a "~/.netrc" file
in your directory (this is a standard file used by ftp, for the format
see the documentation there) and scan the 'defvar's at the beginning
of the file for things you'd like changed. I always set the variables
so that I will be logged in as anonymous automatically when there is
no password given.
Unless you have some brain-damaged ftp you really needn't worry about
any more setup. After this there is one simple rule to remember:
A file name of the type "/waldo:/foo/bar" specifies the file bar in
the path foo on host waldo e.g. the sequence
C-x C-f /abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov:/amiga/README RET
loads the file README from the amiga subdirectory of the
anon-ftp-account of the host "abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov".
Virtually anything you can do with a local file you can do with a
remote file. This includes e.g. running dired on remote directories,
file-name-completion a.s.o.
IMHO ange-ftp is the most useful package for emacs and I sincerly hope
it will be added to the standard distribution in version 19.
Carl Edman
"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot
morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot
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