[everybodyknows]

> forget even the most basic configuration options after a month of inactivity

So do I. ChatGPT4o and the like of course do not forget, and they've read more documentation, library code, and message forum postings than any human could. They know all the five or so ways to initialize per-buffer variables and will write you little snippets of Elisp to add to your .emacs or .dir-locals.el or per-file headers/trailers.

So, if Org-mode or multi-occur aren't doing what I want, and `M-x info-emacs-manual` doesn't make it obvious, ChatGPT4o is my next recourse.