(tramp-ftp-method): New user option. (tramp-invoke-ange-ftp): New function to forward calls to Ange-FTP. (with-parsed-tramp-file-name): New macro for the usual big `let' statement to dissect a file-name. (tramp-handle-make-symbolic-link, tramp-handle-load) (tramp-handle-file-name-directory) (tramp-handle-file-name-nondirectory, tramp-handle-file-truename) (tramp-handle-file-truename, tramp-handle-file-directory-p) (tramp-handle-file-regular-p, tramp-handle-file-symlink-p) (tramp-handle-file-writable-p, tramp-handle-file-writable-p): Use the new macro and forward call to Ange-FTP if applicable. (tramp-make-ange-ftp-file-name): New helper function to convert a file name into an Ange-FTP file name, used by `tramp-invoke-ange-ftp'. (tramp-default-method-alist): New user option. (tramp-find-default-method): Use it. (tramp-sh-extra-args): New variable. (tramp-find-shell): Use it.