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So the task of finding a command and then quickly invoking > it already has a well-developed solution in Emacs, one that is more > powerful than completion. You can use `occur' and go to a line and hit RET. But that doesn't mean we should have only `occur' and not also Isearch. Your reasoning here is black-&-white, either/or.