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

[Daniel Martín]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I am wondering if there is a built-in way to read one or more file names
> in a single prompt.
>
> AFAIK, `read-file-name' kind of allow this, if one uses wildcards, but
> that approach is limited - not every combination of file names can be
> expressed via wildcards.
>
> I feel that such command should exist, but I cannot find it.

You can read each filename by calling read-file-name in a loop, ending
with RET.  There is multi-isearch-read-files, but the prompt message is
coupled to isearch; it should be easy to generalize this function.