@vindex this-command@r{, a buffer display action alist entry}
@item this-command
-The value is a symbol naming a command or a list of such symbols. It
-means the condition when that command, or any of those commands, are now
+The value is a symbol naming a command or a list of command symbols. It
+represents the condition which is satisfied if any of those commands are
being executed. You can use this in the condition part of
@code{display-buffer-alist} entries to match buffers displayed during
the execution of particular commands.
the displayed buffer by using the same category in the condition
part of `display-buffer-alist' entries.
`this-command' -- A symbol naming the command now being executed, or a
- list of such symbols to mean the condition when any of those commands
- are now being executed.
+ list of command symbols, to mean the condition that any of those
+ commands are being executed.
You can use this in the condition part of `display-buffer-alist'
entries to match buffers displayed by particular commands.