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? Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:33:40 +0000 Message-ID: <878qy4jgpn.fsf@localhost> References: <875xthfyz3.fsf@localhost> <87a5it6vr6.fsf@localhost> <86r0c5196r.fsf@gnu.org> <87ttgtpf1k.fsf@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31304"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Max Nikulin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 14 14:32:39 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sSyP8-0007tP-GR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:32:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sSyOr-00017A-9Y; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:32:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sSyOi-00016d-Pb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:32:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sSyOg-0003I6-GT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:32:12 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5A6A240103 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:32:08 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1720960328; bh=rhJtchCjvYfRBYy55/qgIEHbHDBUbPz/5xVUvFdRHuY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: From; b=XX5gyI9Qz54Us/fjKlI5MbtvvU+LPonRjXWR+mTyuD95nE/0vD1T63BCaIQH+LH30 6H4MYfo449x9OnbWmNIHrkLGOqJSDWkvRSoea3xDzr73BuySFji9MNMtPeTQ1q34fH HiqEGE3/zeD5j1irMKoRZ1Q5hAJ5V2P2ekBWfYnWT+RUYNU2q3e0a7Sc/vtWpC6FDU bGtRCRL4c6IBj//608toO8i1Oc0HeCgklyEeg0EAJt+Iz8csPMD8WxzNLVb+7ovaCR p41KikCC1bynArBzkManD07h6rrK51nGaCWf5xxU95O5d0cH58wMhlF9S7EhoRyFtj OIYfxK4IuX4tA== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4WMPpw2FTjz9rxL; Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:32:08 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=yantar92@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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:321640 Archived-At: Max Nikulin writes: >> Do you mean wildcards? > > Wildcards are convenient as well, but primary I had in mind multiple > arguments > > tar cvfz f.tar.gz one/two.txt three/four/five.jpg six/seven.org > > I would prefer to avoid rambling through directories and marking files > when I approximately know location of files. I find it convenient to > type and hit TAB (or C-/ in some cases) to confirm that a file exists. Sorry, but I do not understand what you are describing. Do you mean that you type partial completion, hit TAB, and get _all_ the matching candidates completed, separated by spaces? > At first I though that it might be easier to bind to key sequences some > functions that add/remove current text to/from an externally maintained > list (perhaps displayed in another buffer) while single item is > presented in the minibuffer. However is should be a pain when users > configure their preferred completion frameworks. I think that icicles does exactly this. So does filechooser-read-file-names that Rahguzar shared. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at . Support Org development at , or support my work at