bug#17959: eww: FTP is not supported; but with ftp_proxy, it is

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:

> Package:  emacs
> Severity: wishlist
>
>       As of 36634f669f2c, eww unconditionally disallows browsing ftp:
>       scheme URIs.  Arguably, it should only do so when no proxy
>       setting is in effect for the URI in question.
>
>       For instance, with ("ftp" . "MYPROXY:PORT") in
>       url-proxy-services (and user-error commented out in eww.el)
>       M-x eww shows FTP sites perfectly fine.  Consider, e. g.:
>
> M-x eww RET ftp://ladsftp.nascom.nasa.gov/

Is there any point in using eww for ftp?  It seems like a duplication of
functionality.  The Emacs ftp browser is fine, I think.

So I'm closing this.

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