Re: ange-ftp vs. $ftp_proxy

[Benjamin Riefenstahl]

Hi Dan,


Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> writes:
> ftp_proxy.  Please mention how one can or cannot have ange-ftp use
> this.

Ange-ftp cannot use this. 

> (getenv "ftp_proxy") for me gives "http://localhost:8080/";,
> i.e. wwwoffle.

That's an FTP-to-HTTP gateway.  Ange-ftp doesn't do HTTP, only FTP.

> Why not "modernize" ange-ftp to use the ftp_proxy env variable if it
> finds it non empty?  e.g. would wget or lynx be so oblivious? No.

Wget and lynx are primarily HTTP clients, although they will do FTP if
necessary.


For ange-ftp you would need a real FTP-to-FTP proxy. 

For HTTP you can look at W3 or emacs-w3m. 


Hope this helps, benny