read the setting chapter :)

On Apr 16, 2011, at 12:22 AM, DougEdmunds wrote:

> When I got to methods involving menus and using pragmas, i.e., words in
> pointy brackets, such as , I ran across most of them using the parameter
> 'aBuilder'.  
> 
> Since there is no class 'Builder' the question becomes what is 'aBuilder'? 
> Since the core contains somewhere around 60 classes that contain the word
> 'Builder', this is not easily answered.
> 
> Thanks to the CollaborActive Book, there is an answer.
> Section 3.4 currently states:
> "The class WorldState builds the world menu using a PragmaMenuBuilder passed
> to all methods defining the  pragma."
> 
> So presumably, wherever there is 'aBuilder', mentally change that to
> 'aPragmaMenuBuilder', and you will be able to start figuring out what things
> like
> 
> (aBuilder item: #System)
>               order: 3.0;
> 
> are talking about.  For example, since PragmaMenuBuilder does not have a
> method 'item:' but it inherits from MenuRegistration, which does, you can
> look at the class MenuRegistration to figure out what 'aBuilder' is doing
> with #System, before whatever that is does something with order:   :)
> 
> 
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