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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]"

"observe [something]" 

Named values belonging to this action

examine text printed - truth state

Rules controlling this action

set action variables for    when acting fast   

instead of    examining up in the Hall of Flowers   

instead of    examining Grace   

instead of    examining the Gods   

instead of    examining Mercury   

instead of    examining Venus   

instead of    examining Jupiter   

instead of    examining Mars   

instead of    examining Luna   

instead of    examining the Eternal Laws of Heaven   

instead of    examining the snow   

instead of    examining the red granite   

instead of    examining the chess board   

instead of    examining the pieces   

instead of    examining the column of glass   

instead of    examining the white marble pillars   

instead of    examining the circling stairs   

instead of    examining the niches   

instead of    examining the rose   

instead of    examining the block of ice   

instead of    examining the lily   

instead of    examining the orchid   

instead of    examining the white city   

instead of    examining a natural weapon  standard description of a natural weapon rule   name  unlist 

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

after    examining a killed person  give list of possession on dead person rule   name  unlist 

report    an actor examining  report other people examining rule   name  unlist