I don't have a strong opinion in this area, as someone who doesn't use imenu very much, but I feel like I was asked to support my intuition, so:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 4:15 AM Eli Zaretskii <
eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> While M-g would mean "go". And stuff like "M-g g", "M-g c", they
> request input only to go somewhere. imenu falls in this category -
> request input (select from completions) and go there.
To me, imenu is a facility to find definitions of functions, so it is
conceptually very similar to M-. and other such features. We don't
perceive M-. as a "go" command, do we?
I *do* feel like C-u M-. is a "go" command, similar to the others, since it prompts for input and "goes" there, but I also understand that the difference between "go" and "find/search" is intentionally fuzzy in emacs.
I think C-x ` is another good example of a command that fits in the concept that I recall suggested for M-g back when it was added, and I notice that it actually has a binding in M-g, which I think supports the idea of M-g as "go" and also that it's ok to have some longstanding "go" functionality be bound both inside M-g and outside.
I hope that helps,
~Chad