Re: Q: Is there a built-in way to read multiple file names?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> Marking items is convenient in some cases, but I like that 
> bash-completion or built-in readline path completion in shell prompt 
> allow me to *type* multiple file names. However it better than strictly 
> "one after another" since it is possible to move earlier typed text and 
> to edit it.

Do you mean wildcards?

> Ihor, have you considered custom keymap to add current text to a list 
> variable? However editing earlier added entries may be tricky.

This is conceptually similar to `completing-read-multiple', AFAIU:

Prompt: exact-file-name,file-with-wildcard.*,another-file

Is my understanding correct?

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