From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tramp & ange-ftp Date: 25 Feb 2003 18:56:27 +1100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87ptpgiyj8.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: <948c0772.0302240608.b29db0d@posting.google.com> Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046159221 9071 80.91.224.249 (25 Feb 2003 07:47:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:47:01 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18nZnm-0002M0-00 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:46:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nZmL-0004tU-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 02:45:29 -0500 Original-Followup-To: comp.emacs.help Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Original-Lines: 41 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1674.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1046159063 ppp1674.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net (25 Feb 2003 18:14:23 +1050) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.ade.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110588 comp.emacs:77834 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7090 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7090 >>>>> "Ant" == Ant Eater writes: Ant> I've run into a problem running both tramp and ange-ftp on Ant> remote sites. I can access remote sites via tramp with the Ant> following syntax: Ant> C-x C-f /user@host:/path/to/file.txt Ant> This works perfectly on hosts which have only ssh/scp available. Ant> The problem is that I have a couple of hosts where ftp is the Ant> only available transfer method and I'd like to be able to use Ant> emacs to edit files remotely on those hosts. Is there a way of Ant> explicitly visiting a file with ange-ftp? Ant> BTW, When and why was the syntax for tramp changed so that it is Ant> the same for ange-ftp?? Is there a way to revert to the old Ant> tramp sytnax "/[user@host]/file.txt" ?? Ant> I'm running Emacs 21.2 on Slackware 8.1 with a current version Ant> of tramp recently downloaded from savanna.gnu.org(?). Ant> Thanks for any assistance here. Ant> -Mark You can always specify the transport method (ssh, ftp etc) in the way you specify the path. I think you just put it at the beginning e.g. /ftp:..... Also, check the customize options for tramp - you can control the syntax and set it back to the old default if you want. This is what I've done. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!