bug#56440: Don't contrast TRAMP to Ange-FTP in introduction of manual

[Michael Albinus]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

Hi Stefan,

> How about rewriting the introductory paragraphs in `(tramp) Top' to not
> describe TRAMP in contrast to Ange-FTP?  The latter package seems to be
> more and more obscure these days, especially since the FTP protocol is
> used less and less.  For example, this paragraph:
>
>        The difference is that Ange FTP uses FTP to transfer files between
>     the local and the remote host, whereas TRAMP uses a combination of ‘rsh’
>     and ‘rcp’ or other work-alike programs, such as ‘ssh’/‘scp’.
>
> Could be turned into an FAQ.
>
> Instead, we could use that limited space to briefly repeat parts of the
> information in `(tramp) Overview'.

Well, yes. I push it onto my TODO stack, until there is an empty time slot.

(Feel free to beat me :-)

Best regards, Michael.