OK, how would you execute this command that you see sitting in front of you?
(list-load-path-shadows)
I ended up doing<escape> x l i s t p<backspace>
-<escape> /<return>
That's because I am unable to just put the cursor on it and do M-x, as
for some reason execute-extended-command won't prompt me for it even now
these days. I recall the idea was rejected.
The idea of adding a command to pull a string from the original buffer
to the minibuffer was not rejected. The only problem is that we have
to find a good keybinding. One proposal was to use `M-.', so when the
cursor is on the string `list-load-path-shadows' you can type
M-x M-. RET