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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el
index 195035e6be9..dae6590b9bc 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
;;; Code:
-(require 'seq)
-
(defun rmc--add-key-description (elem)
(let* ((char (car elem))
(name (cadr elem))
@@ -125,7 +123,8 @@
buf))
;;;###autoload
-(defun read-multiple-choice (prompt choices &optional help-string show-help)
+(defun read-multiple-choice (prompt choices &optional help-string show-help
+ long-form)
"Ask user to select an entry from CHOICES, promting with PROMPT.
This function allows to ask the user a multiple-choice question.
@@ -163,12 +162,21 @@ dialogs. Otherwise, the function will always use text-mode dialogs.
The return value is the matching entry from the CHOICES list.
+If LONG-FORM, do a `completing-read' over the NAME elements in
+CHOICES instead.
+
Usage example:
\(read-multiple-choice \"Continue connecting?\"
\\='((?a \"always\")
(?s \"session only\")
(?n \"no\")))"
+ (if long-form
+ (read-multiple-choice--long-answers prompt choices)
+ (read-multiple-choice--short-answers
+ prompt choices help-string show-help)))
+
+(defun read-multiple-choice--short-answers (prompt choices help-string show-help)
(let* ((prompt-choices
(if show-help choices (append choices '((?? "?")))))
(altered-names (mapcar #'rmc--add-key-description prompt-choices))
@@ -244,6 +252,17 @@ Usage example:
(kill-buffer buf))
(assq tchar choices)))
+(defun read-multiple-choice--long-answers (prompt choices)
+ (let ((answer
+ (completing-read
+ (concat prompt " ("
+ (mapconcat #'identity (mapcar #'cadr choices) "/")
+ ") ")
+ (mapcar #'cadr choices) nil t)))
+ (seq-find (lambda (elem)
+ (equal (cadr elem) answer))
+ choices)))
+
(provide 'rmc)
;;; rmc.el ends here