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? 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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:321639 Archived-At: Rahguzar writes: >> Sure, but I want the same thing to work for non-helm users. >> Preferably, without having to write helm-specific/ivy-specific/etc code. > > If you want a mostly completing-read interface for this task, maybe the > function filechooser-read-file-names [1] from my GNU ELPA package > filechooser can help you. It uses a group-function to distinguish > selected files from the rest. It works pretty well with vertico but I > think should work with any UI which supports group-function well. It is > entangled with some details of the package so probably not directly > useful but I think adapting to an API similar to read-file-name is not > too hard and hopefully can help with something similar to serve Org's > needs. Yes, it is quite similar to what I described ------------- completions ----------------- [selected files group] -rw-r--r-- 1 yantar92 yantar92 35151 Jun 25 10:22 COPYING [candidates group] drwxr-xr-x 8 yantar92 yantar92 4096 Jul 13 16:04 .git -rw-r--r-- 1 yantar92 yantar92 1044 Jun 25 10:22 .gitignore -rw-r--r-- 1 yantar92 yantar92 95 Jun 25 10:22 .gitmodules ------------------- minibuffer ------------------------ Choose files: git I tried using (let ((filechooser-filters '(("All" always . t))) (filechooser-use-popup-frame nil)) (filechooser-read-file-names "Files: ")) M-TAB selects file. I did not find how to remove selected file. The main problem is that it is not built-in, and I would like to get something in the core to cater multi-file prompts. A side note: The usual /old/path/to/file/~/restart/path does not work as expected. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at . Support Org development at , or support my work at