Re: ange-ftp on w32

[Michael Albinus]

"B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> writes:

> I have in .emacs
>
> (require 'ange-ftp)
>
> and under (custom-set-variables
> ...
>  '(ange-ftp-default-user "myname@myisp")
>  '(ange-ftp-ftp-program-name "c:\\gnu\\ftp.exe")
>  '(ange-ftp-generate-anonymous-password "anonymous")
>
> After windows dialog boxes ask for real name and password I am asked for
> local and remote files names but then nothing happens. If I run ftp
> manually from command window the file is uploaded to my web space. This
> is the gnutools ftp and not the one in winnt\system32. What else to I
> need to do to run the ange-ftp commands from within Emacs?

Which Emacs version are you using? Since Emacs 22, ange-ftp is called
via Tramp, and you shouldn't need to require 'ange-ftp any longer in
your .emacs.

What does the *ftp ...* buffer tells?

> Thanks,
>
> Ed

Best regards, Michael.