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+#name : process marked files in dired
+#contributor : Xah Lee
+# --
+;; idiom for processing a list of files in dired's marked files
+
+;; suppose myProcessFile is your function that takes a file path
+;; and do some processing on the file
+
+(defun dired-myProcessFile ()
+ "apply myProcessFile function to marked files in dired."
+ (interactive)
+ (require 'dired)
+ (mapc 'myProcessFile (dired-get-marked-files))
+)
+
+;; to use it, type M-x dired-myProcessFile