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 is similar to what I had in mind, yes.
>> Even better - you can maintain multiple "marked sets".
>
> Yes.  And "maintaining" and creating can
> involve using different set operations
> (interactively, during completion).
>
> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Candidate_Sets#SetOperations
>
> By default, candidates are saved to, and
> retrieved from, variable
> `icicle-saved-completion-candidates'.  You
> can use other variables (a prefix arg to
> a saving or retrieving command prompts you
> for the var).
>
> Why is it important to be able to have
> multiple saved sets of candidates?  You
> can go to the trouble of creating a saved
> set of candidates just once (however you
> want, whether with Icicles interactively -
> matching, filtering, selecting - or by
> editing a list, or by program), then reuse
> that set any time later.
>
> You can also save a candidate set to a
> file, persisting it so you can retrieve it
> in other Emacs sessions.

This sounds overengineered. What you describe is an equivalent of
`completing-read' HISTORY argument.

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