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

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 19:15:46 +0000 Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> wrote: 

IS> Package:  emacs
IS> Severity: wishlist

IS>     As of 36634f669f2c, eww unconditionally disallows browsing ftp:
IS>     scheme URIs.  Arguably, it should only do so when no proxy
IS>     setting is in effect for the URI in question.

IS>     For instance, with ("ftp" . "MYPROXY:PORT") in
IS>     url-proxy-services (and user-error commented out in eww.el)
IS>     M-x eww shows FTP sites perfectly fine.  Consider, e. g.:

IS> M-x eww RET ftp://ladsftp.nascom.nasa.gov/

IS> You are user #109 of 800 simultaneous users allowed.

What would be the upside of simply allowing browsing ftp: scheme?

If it only works with the proxy services you note, it seems like a
pretty rare use case.

Ted