Re: Friendlier dired experience [CODE INCLUDED]

[Pankaj Jangid]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> * Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com> [2020-11-03 22:11]:
>> Also, since you mentioned the 'master branch'... I'm not a regular
>> lurker on this mailing list, so this may already have been discussed...
>> Is emacs planning on renaming its 'master branch' to something less
>> evocative of some 'master race'? You may have caught wind of the trend
>> to nudge society world-wide to a bit more sensitivity to historic
>> atrocities world-wide. Even github has recently gotten on-board and no
>> longer sets default branches to 'master branch'; they use 'main branch'
>> now. If it hasn't been discussed yet, let me know and I'll start a
>> dedicated thread with appropriate subject line.
>
> Where I am now in East Africa, it is difficult to find person who read
> more than 3 books. My friend who lives here temporarily, she finished
> literature in Uganda and she read 3 books in total. And she is fine
> with me telling you this. There is nothing wrong with the word master
> as it is not used in the context that those less educated people would
> assume.
>
> The Wordnet dictionary does not even mention the context you mentioned
> here.
>
> The word main is synonym to master. It accommodates those less
> educated people and their sensitivies.
>
> In that context it is not noun, rather adjective "master branch"
>
> * Overview of noun master
>
> The noun master has 10 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
> 1. (8) maestro, master -- (an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the 
> violin"; "one of the old masters")
> 2. (5) overlord, master, lord -- (a person who has general authority over 
> others)
> 3. (1) victor, master, superior -- (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)
> 4. (1) master -- (directs the work of others)
> 5. (1) headmaster, schoolmaster, master -- (presiding officer of a school)
> 6. (1) master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio 
> recording) from which copies can be made)
> 7. master, captain, sea captain, skipper -- (an officer who is licensed to 
> command a merchant ship)
> 8. master -- (someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution)
> 9. master, professional -- (an authority qualified to teach apprentices)
> 10. passkey, passe-partout, master key, master -- (key that secures entrance 
> everywhere)
>
>
> So this is the proper context for "master branch".
>
> * Overview of adj master
>
> The adj master has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
> 1. chief, main, primary, principal, master -- (most important element;
> "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the
> principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were
> primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch")
>
> Less educated people will not know what is noun, adjective, verb, what
> is present time, history and so on, they will ANYWAY mix everything
> together.
>
> * Overview of adj main
>
> The adj main has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
> 1. (33) chief, main, primary, principal, master -- (most important
> element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid
> glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example";
> "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master
> switch")
> 2. independent, main -- ((of a clause) capable of standing
> syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent)
> clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb")
> 3. main -- (of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength")

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