Re: xref and leaving "temporary" buffers open

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 07/25/2015 09:17 PM, martin rudalics wrote:
>  > ... the distinction of open vs. loaded buffers, ...
>
> Please let's try to find a better notation.  Both "open" and "loaded"
> are very confusing.  "Fore-/background" buffers, "ex-/implicit" buffers
> are not good either.

I'm also worried about that.

Temporary? Might be not too good for the ones we'll want to keep around 
indefinitely (although I've yet to see a solid use case for that).

Hidden? I think this term is already in use for the buffers whose names 
start with a space. At least there's an index entry for "hidden buffers" 
in the manual, pointing to (elisp)Buffer names.

But there don't seem to be a variable or a function in the core that has 
both "hidden" and "buffer" in its name, so it could be a good option.