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Don't contrast TRAMP to Ange-FTP in introduction of manual

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To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
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Subject: bug#56440: closed (Don't contrast TRAMP to Ange-FTP in
 introduction of manual)
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:00:03 +0000

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Don't contrast TRAMP to Ange-FTP in introduction of manual
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 15:45:31 +0000

Severity: wishlist

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'.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 56440-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56440: Don't contrast TRAMP to Ange-FTP in introduction of
 manual
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 08:59:30 -0700

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> Well, yes. I push it onto my TODO stack, until there is an empty time slot.
>
> (Feel free to beat me :-)

Thanks, now done (commit aa1e837ab4).

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