"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> I've been using this for a few days, and I find it quite useful.
>> It may be good to install. The effect: C-u M-x how-many RET is
>> how-many'ing in the text *before* point.  Same for C-u M-x keep-lines.
>
> Dunno. Why do you find that very useful? It's only one more keystroke to do
> without it: `C-SPC M-<' instead of `C-u'. (Admittedly, that's a complex
> keystroke, involving Shift on many keyboards.)

Well, I don't have this Transient-mark-mode thingy enabled.  So I must
type C-SPC C-SPC M-< then C-x C-x to return to the point (I mostly use
`how-many'), then C-g to remove this BSOD-like Transient mark.  For me,
its

C-SPC C-SPC M-< [...] C-x C-x C-g     versus     C-u [...]

That simple :-)

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