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

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> This sounds overengineered. What you describe is an equivalent of
>> `completing-read' HISTORY argument.
>
> No, there's really no relation to any HISTORY
> argument.  Minibuffer history args record only
> minibuffer input that you've _entered_ (`RET').

Sure. But if multi-selection is incorporated into standard APIs, history
may also hold the information about selected elements, in addition to
minibuffer input. I do not see a reason to keep it as a completely
separate structure.

> 1. `C-x C-f' followed by a pattern...
>
> 2. Mark any of those candidates...
> ...
> Change your minibuffer pattern...
>
> 4. Repeat...

Yes, makes sense.

> 6. Hit `C-g' to cancel reading file names.

Why not <RET>? (I guess simply because icicles builds on top of
completion, instead of extending it. I am aiming to extend the
completion/selection UI)

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