Re: Opening a Dired buffer with an arbitrary list of files.

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Alder Green wrote:
> Is there a way open a Dired buffer containing an arbitrary list of files?
> 
> I can have those files listed in a plain text file, or maybe provided
> as list return value of an elisp function. But I'm wondering how I can
> pass that list to be opened as a Dired buffer, and what format should
> it take.

Only if all the files are in the same directory:

,----[ C-h f dired RET ]
| dired is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `dired.el'.
| It is bound to C-x d, <menu-bar> <file> <dired>.
| (dired dirname &optional switches)
|
| "Edit" directory dirname--delete, rename, print, etc. some files in it.
| Optional second argument switches specifies the `ls' options used.
| (Interactively, use a prefix argument to be able to specify switches.)
| Dired displays a list of files in dirname (which may also have
| shell wildcards appended to select certain files).  If dirname is a cons,
| its first element is taken as the directory name and the rest as an 
explicit
| list of files to make directory entries for.
| You can move around in it with the usual commands.
| You can flag files for deletion with d and then
| delete them by typing x.
| Type h after entering Dired for more info.
|
| If dirname is already in a dired buffer, that buffer is used without 
refresh.
|
| [back]
`----

-- 
Kevin