From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter S Galbraith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Any standard function to prompt for multiple comma-separated items? Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:08:21 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021117140821.D0DB0431ED@mixed.dyndns.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037543030 17060 80.91.224.249 (17 Nov 2002 14:23:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:23:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18DQKy-0004R2-00 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:23:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18DQHc-0004pA-00; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:20:20 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18DQ66-0001XC-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:08:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18DQ63-0001Wf-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:08:25 -0500 Original-Received: from idc-207.134.172-82.globetrotter.net ([207.134.172.82] helo=mixed.dyndns.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18DQ63-0001WW-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mixed.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mixed.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0DB0431ED; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:08:21 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Klaus Berndl In-Reply-To: Message from Klaus Berndl of "Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:27:08 +0100." X-Mailer: MH-E 6.1.90; nmh 1.0.4+dev; Emacs 21.2 X-Face: "#bYm%*(4JuXAkouMxaLz|M2dbXUFnQ"IRX)zpsiM"(B}`#|_b548$VB}5L&VIck1F#FNc' rsASk0?-/gFp2qzM>0]`Jc}Qd<8[l)N7{8%qMN~{|DS.ME.$ Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3680 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3680 Klaus Berndl wrote: > > For MH-E, I'm looking for code already available in Emacs to do > > completing-read for multiple comma-separated items. e.g. > > Hmm, i do not know if i understand your problem in the right way...Do > you want this completion in the minibuffer or is it more like > dabbrev-completion in a "normal" buffer? minibuffer completion, with a comma to separate items to completion. > Even more: What should be > the domain of the completion, i.e. the set of allowed completions?? Exactly like completing-read, an alist of allowed completions. > If you are searching for something in the minibuffer, here is a function: > > ,---- > | ;; stolen from query.el and slightly enhanced > | (defun ecb-query-string (prompt choices &optional other-prompt) Thanks, but this isn't what I'm looking for at all. Peter