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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
	"mardani29@yahoo.es" <mardani29@yahoo.es>,
	"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Q: Is there a built-in way to read multiple file names?
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:56:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o76yiivc.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CO6PR10MB5473A88B1B140CF0DEB5B974F3A02@CO6PR10MB5473.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>

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)

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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  reply	other threads:[~2024-07-15 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-07  7:22 Q: Is there a built-in way to read multiple file names? Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-07 13:26 ` Daniel Martín
2024-07-07 15:56   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-07 16:03     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-07 17:18       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-07 17:38         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-07 17:47           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-07 17:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-07 21:24               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-07-13 13:57                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-13 18:56                   ` Drew Adams
2024-07-14 12:38                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-14 17:23                       ` Drew Adams
2024-07-15 18:56                         ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-07-15 19:44                           ` Drew Adams
2024-07-17 17:21                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-17 19:49                               ` Drew Adams
2024-07-13 13:43               ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-13 13:53                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-13 14:15                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-13 14:28                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-13 16:56                       ` dog-wagging systems chad
2024-07-14 12:16                       ` Q: Is there a built-in way to read multiple file names? Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-14 13:11                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-15 18:52                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-15 19:22                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-15 19:52                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-16 10:05                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-23 11:13                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-23 12:05                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-23 16:30                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-23 16:35                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-23 16:40                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-23 17:48                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-23 16:02                                     ` Yuri Khan
2024-07-23 17:35                                     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-07-16  5:09                             ` Yuri Khan
2024-07-13 14:19                 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2024-07-13 14:19                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-08 12:00       ` Max Nikulin
2024-07-13 14:00         ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-14  9:00           ` Max Nikulin
2024-07-14 12:33             ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-07-15 12:12               ` Max Nikulin

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