On 8/7/13 12:45 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:

How is this "suggested", and how is it a problem?
From the Tramp manual:

`ftp'
     This is not a native TRAMP method.  Instead, it forwards all
     requests to Ange-FTP.

because when I attempt to open a file using the ftp protocol, tramp loads, and the ssh handler throws an error about bad hostname ftp, instead of being passed to ange-ftp. this is also the case when I start emacs -Q -l ange-ftp.

however, ange-ftp is reachable via emacs with no args, and even though I can't seem to get the functionality I want, I don't think this problem is worth your time any longer. Thanks for the quick response though.

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Joshua Kordani
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