From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ihor Radchenko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Q: Is there a built-in way to read multiple file names? Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:56:45 +0000 Message-ID: <87a5it6vr6.fsf@localhost> References: <875xthfyz3.fsf@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13645"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniel =?utf-8?Q?Mart=C3=ADn?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 07 17:55:50 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sQUEw-0003L4-4x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2024 17:55:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sQUEW-00005z-AD; Sun, 07 Jul 2024 11:55:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sQUEN-000052-Cl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2024 11:55:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sQUEL-0001k1-Co for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2024 11:55:15 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4050240101 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2024 17:55:10 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1720367710; bh=Z4UxnXODQLoulsUQZ79xR4P/T9KTOGCkWnloCiANECw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:From; b=KTid+mKnLQK7rSigPeQ1ti6GAaFq4g4+fqjiqLatnucA6Xr2DvbTWqbcU3G/GKnNv XiA2I+JAu3kBxB34MrivL0yqYuij8qimsDPOzpeLSP7lGz1wjNb2oR7lD9g97o3FQs gXhkJ9WyA6EeaSDKy8FvQzNfnBR9ZtoJTY9TFtKlnP/Vw9aUp81ieRIAeUJ1C1EVw/ S3ZKem+nCx1K9bfQ77cnpy6glu9enZsD7BtxyEn779KtXPJLqt503/nMKAXjxANfU1 f3JS0AKwnL1/HCRRI7fEhxW21xao6wUZKmbGK3SK1xPYI3/a+jNT3AL38l8lqFci+T kGtZ5G3JG7qew== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4WHBfP6Ydnz6tw3; Sun, 7 Jul 2024 17:55:09 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=yantar92@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:321499 Archived-At: Daniel Mart=C3=ADn writes: >> I feel that such command should exist, but I cannot find it. > > You can read each filename by calling read-file-name in a loop, ending > with RET. There is multi-isearch-read-files, but the prompt message is > coupled to isearch; it should be easy to generalize this function. That indeed works, but it is far from ideal: 1. It is not very extendable via helm/consult/ivy 2. When x-file-dialog is used, it is extremely annoying to run it in a loop I am wondering if `read-file-name' could be extended to read multiple file names at once. --=20 Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at . Support Org development at , or support my work at