>> I see it less useful for example when you place the point in an >> identifier and press M-?. You'll want to see all the references first, >> and then filter afterwards if they are too many. But I think it's a >> matter of personal preferences and different workflows. > > Agree on both counts. Except for xref-find-apropos: it usually works more > similarly to xref-find-references. Thanks for mentioning xref-find-references and xref-find-apropos. I tried them out, but they are broken: 1. while xref-find-references works fine in `emacs -Q`, I don't know why with my customization typing e.g. 'M-? isearch-lazy-highlight RET' reports "No references found for: isearch-lazy-highlight". 2. xref-find-apropos doesn't offer the identifier at point as its default, and after using it e.g. from the buffer isearch.el with 'C-M-. isearch-lazy-highlight RET' all its lines are concatenated on the same line in `emacs -Q`: