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authorAlex Bochannek <alex@bochannek.com>2021-05-28 01:24:37 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2021-05-28 01:24:37 +0200
commit0eef929cbf0fd6b55130b6c7dc287be548bf97d5 (patch)
treeba08b333d92699a78b11f0ca35b6817a68931620 /lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
parent327accb38f47d3a0903cf9a0d24d7d2bcbbec098 (diff)
downloademacs-0eef929cbf0fd6b55130b6c7dc287be548bf97d5.tar.gz
Mention the -e switch in an ange-ftp doc string
* lisp/net/ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp-ftp-program-args): Mention the -e switch (bug#48494).
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diff --git a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
index 04ea8091277..3f3a3df8e55 100644
--- a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
@@ -949,7 +949,11 @@ Some AT&T folks claim to use something called `pftp' here."
:type 'string)
(defcustom ange-ftp-ftp-program-args '("-i" "-n" "-g" "-v")
- "A list of arguments passed to the FTP program when started."
+ ;; Clients that use the BSD editline instead of the GNU readline
+ ;; library may need to disable command line editing. (Bug#48494)
+ "A list of arguments passed to the FTP program when started.
+Some FTP clients may also require the \"-e\" argument, which disables
+command line editing."
:group 'ange-ftp
:type '(repeat string))