Actually, I have never heard of ange-ftp + lftp. It's an experiment. (Maybe
a waste of time.)

>lftp seems to write to its output something that ange-ftp is not expecting.

That is likely the problem. Also emacs completely locks up unless I call
lftp with -d, the debug option.

I am attempting to emulate anonymous FTP in Midnight Commander (which works
seamlessly) on my emacs. Any ideas on how to proceed?

Thanks.

Guido






On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 11:37 AM Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 12:32 AM _RDS_ <rds1944@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > But why does messages buffer still show:
> >
> > "tramp-file-name-handler: FTP Error: OPEN request failed: lftp :~> ----
> Resolving host address..."
>
> Do you know from somewhere that ange-ftp actually works with lftp as
> the backend program? As far as I understand, it start it as a
> subprocess, sends commands through its standard input, and expects
> responses on standard output. lftp seems to write to its output
> something that ange-ftp is not expecting.
>
> Also: When on a mailing list, keep the mailing list address in Cc.
> Unless you want to go private, which, most of the time, you don’t.
>