Re: ange-ftp with lftp

[_RDS_]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Slackware does not use ftp, only lftp. But, CentOS has both. The ftp client there acted properly.

For my purposes, I'll just use lftp in a terminal & forgo dired.

Guido 

On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 8:00 AM Michael Albinus <address@hidden> wrote:

_RDS_ <address@hidden> writes:

> I am attempting to use ange-ftp in emacs 26.2 with lftp 4.8.4.
>
> lftp as a standalone client is fine. Inside an emacs terminal it is
> operational, too.
>
> However, upon executing
>
>     emacs /ftp:address@hidden:/slackware/
>
> from a console or xterm or invoking C-x C-f ...,
>
> the emacs messages buffer displays
>
> "Loading ange-ftp...done
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
> Opening FTP connection to slackware.cs.utah.edu...
> tramp-file-name-handler: FTP Error: OPEN request failed: LFTP |
> Version 4.8.4 | Copyright (c) 1996-2017 Alexander V. Lukyanov"
>
> Here's the relevant entries in some key files
>
> init.el
>   (load "ange-ftp") ;;redundant?
>   (require 'ange-ftp)
>   (setq ange-ftp-default-user "anonymous")
>   (setq ange-ftp-generate-anonymous-password t)
>   (setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-name "lftp")
>   (setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-args '("-v"))

AS Yuri said, "-v" is not an lftp option. So I would set
ange-ftp-ftp-program-args to '() (or nil).

And there are more variables to adapt. For example, comint-prompt-regexp
in the internal ange-ftp buffer has the value "^ftp> ", which doesn't
fit to lftp. This is hard-coded in function internal-ange-ftp-mode.

Finally, you'll need to debug ange-ftp in order to let it run with lftp.

> Thank you.
>
> Guido

Best regards, Michael.