Subject: bug#9959: 24.0.90; `count-words' command from a narrowed buffer

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:36:49 +0200

> Another possibility: Do as we do with `apropos' commands.  We have both a prefix
> arg and a user option, `apropos-do-all', that affect the behavior, with the less
> complete, and faster, behavior as the default.

Or do as we do with `what-cursor-position' (`C-x =') that prints info in
the echo area, but with prefix argument shows full details in *Help* buffer.