Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!ox.com!emv From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [emacs] Re: Documentation for ange-ftp.el? & a question Message-ID: <1991Mar3.203402.10363@ox.com> Date: 3 Mar 91 20:34:02 GMT References: <9103031835.AA16251@fenris.idt.unit.no> Sender: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) Reply-To: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 53 Approved: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) X-Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help 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 do." -- Auberon Herbert Send mail to Carl Edman