Re: ange-ftp.el patch to always asynchronously copy files

Richard Tait (taitr@morgan.com)
Fri, 9 Sep 1994 05:47:42 -0400


>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Norman <ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com> writes:

    Andy> I'd advise against this change as it would confuse dired when
    Andy> multiple tagged files are being copied.  (Note that efs
    Andy> 1.12-beta / dired 7.5 have asynchronous file copying support).

Hmmm. I've been using ange-ftp on 19.25 for a long while now and the fact
that I did have to wait around was major factor of cheese for me. Then I
switched to Lucid 19.10 and the ange-ftp I'm using there is (I guess)
asynchronously copying files, because I can edit, read mail etc while
the file is being transferred.

So how come this is implemented in Lucid but not GNU Emacs?

Rick
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