From: Alex Bochannek <alex@bochannek.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 23:24:37 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Mention the -e switch in an ange-ftp doc string
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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).
---

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))