On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:36 AM Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I wrote: This could just be an alias as well if all of the other shell
>>> related commands start with shell-.
>>>
>>
>> I have "^shell" instead of just "shell", so it shows me only the commands
>> that begin with "shell". Once I have that list, I pick one and hit return.
>> That's it.
>>
>
> A
> ​propos accepts regular expressions as well, so you don't need counsel to
> get similar behavior.  As I said, one of the command names could start with
> shell-.
>

As I said, it's preference. I meant to emphasize this in my previous email:

I prefer:

*Once I have that list, I pick one and hit return. That's it.*

I like the speed:
http://i.imgur.com/OP1RR8c.gifv

rather than:

1. M-x apropos-command (or C-h a)
2. Find the command I want after scrolling through a possible multi-page
buffer
3. M-x command-I-found
4. Repeat 1-2 till I find the right command
-- 

Kaushal Modi