Re: Q: Is there a built-in way to read multiple file names?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> I am wondering if `read-file-name' could be extended to read multiple
>> file names at once.
>
> I think you are generalizing the wrong UI.  A good UI for specifying
> several file names is not reading them one after the other, it is
> marking the files you want to operate on, and then clicking GO.  Like
> in Ibuffer, for example.

I 100% agree.
That's what helm provides, say, for `completing-read-multiple'.
But for `read-file-name' specifically, there is no way to extend the
built-in completion.

I wish that *completions* buffer allowed selecting multiple candidates
at once when using `completing-read-multiple' or similar commands.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>