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authorMichael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>2019-08-15 14:35:02 +0200
committerMichael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>2019-08-15 14:35:02 +0200
commit975f78ae2172d844043e9d1c83fedfdaa8f7c35e (patch)
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parent3548fd8a53869ce6b42c47f690660cb8eddb8aab (diff)
downloademacs-975f78ae2172d844043e9d1c83fedfdaa8f7c35e.tar.gz
Improve Tramp manual
* doc/misc/tramp.texi (GVFS based methods): Explain using `ftp' and `smb' methods.
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@@ -1266,6 +1266,18 @@ to include are @option{ftp}, @option{http}, @option{https} and
@option{smb}. These methods are not intended to be used directly as
GVFS based method. Instead, they are added here for the benefit of
@ref{Archive file names}.
+
+If you want to use GVFS-based @option{ftp} or @option{smb} methods,
+you must add them to @code{tramp-gvfs-methods}, and you must disable
+the corresponding Tramp package by setting @code{tramp-ftp-method} or
+@code{tramp-smb-method} to @code{nil}, respectively:
+
+@lisp
+@group
+(add-to-list 'tramp-gvfs-methods "ftp")
+(customize-set-variable 'tramp-ftp-method nil)
+@end group
+@end lisp
@end defopt