@cindex selected buffer
@cindex current buffer
- At any time, one and only one buffer is @dfn{selected}. It is also
-called the @dfn{current buffer}. Often we say that a command operates on
+ At any time, one and only one buffer is @dfn{current}. It is also
+called the @dfn{selected buffer}. Often we say that a command operates on
``the buffer'' as if there were only one; but really this means that the
-command operates on the selected buffer (most commands do).
+command operates on the current buffer (most commands do).
When Emacs has multiple windows, each window has its own chosen
buffer and displays it; at any time, only one of the windows is
-selected, and its chosen buffer is the selected buffer. Each window's
+selected, and its chosen buffer is the current buffer. Each window's
mode line normally displays the name of the window's chosen buffer
(@pxref{Windows}).
@key{RET}}. This runs the command @code{switch-to-buffer} with argument
@var{bufname}. You can use completion on an abbreviation for the buffer
name you want (@pxref{Completion}). An empty argument to @kbd{C-x b}
-specifies the most recently selected buffer that is not displayed in any
-window.@refill
+specifies the buffer that was current most recently among those not
+now displayed in any window.
@kindex C-x 4 b
@findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
@samp{*} at the beginning of a line indicates the buffer is ``modified.''
If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with @kbd{C-x s}
(@pxref{Saving}). @samp{%} indicates a read-only buffer. @samp{.} marks the
-selected buffer. Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill
+current buffer. Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill
@smallexample
MR Buffer Size Mode File
@kindex C-x k
@kbd{C-x k} (@code{kill-buffer}) kills one buffer, whose name you
-specify in the minibuffer. The default, used if you type just @key{RET}
-in the minibuffer, is to kill the current buffer. If you kill the
-current buffer, another buffer is selected; one that has been selected
-recently but does not appear in any window now. If you ask to kill a
-file-visiting buffer that is modified (has unsaved editing), then you
-must confirm with @kbd{yes} before the buffer is killed.
+specify in the minibuffer. The default, used if you type just
+@key{RET} in the minibuffer, is to kill the current buffer. If you
+kill the current buffer, another buffer becomes current: one that was
+current in the recent past but is not displayed in any window now. If
+you ask to kill a file-visiting buffer that is modified (has unsaved
+editing), then you must confirm with @kbd{yes} before the buffer is
+killed.
The command @kbd{M-x kill-some-buffers} asks about each buffer, one by
one. An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer. Killing the current
Immediately select this line's buffer in a full-screen window.
@item 2
Immediately set up two windows, with this line's buffer in one, and the
-previously selected buffer (aside from the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*})
+previously current buffer (aside from the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*})
in the other.
@item b
Bury the buffer listed on this line.