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Standard actions concerning the actor's vision
Looking , Examining , Looking under , Searching , Consulting it about
Examining something (requires light) (past tense examined)
The act of looking closely at
something. Note that the noun could be either a direction or a thing, which
is why the Standard Rules include the 'examine directions rule' to deal with
directions: it simply says 'You see nothing unexpected in that direction.'
and stops the action. (If you would like to handle directions differently,
list another rule instead of this one in the carry out examining rules.)
Some things have no description property, or rather, have only a blank text
as one. It's possible that something interesting may be said anyway (see
the rules for directions, containers, supporters and devices), but if not,
we give up with a bland response. This is done by the examine undescribed
things rule.
Typed commands leading to this action
"look at [something]"
"look [something]"
"examine [something]"
"read [something]"
Named values belonging to this action
examine text printed - truth state
Rules controlling this action
instead of examining the wallpaper
instead of examining Stiffy Makane
instead of doing anything with the screaming harlot
carry out standard examining rule name unlist
carry out examine directions rule name unlist
carry out examine containers rule name unlist
carry out examine supporters rule name unlist
carry out examine devices rule name unlist
carry out examine undescribed things rule name unlist
report an actor examining report other people examining rule name unlist