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

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:20:39 +0100

Ivan Shmakov <[email-masked]> 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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