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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/l at [something]"

"look/l [something]"

"examine/x/watch/describe/check [something]"

"read [something]"

Named values belonging to this action

examine text printed - truth state

Rules controlling this action

carry out standard examining rule
name
unlist

carry out examine directions rule
name
unlist 1

A "[We] [see] nothing unexpected in that direction."
name
set

carry out examine containers rule
name
unlist 2

A "In [the noun] "
name
set
B "[The noun] [are] empty."
name
set

carry out examine supporters rule
name
unlist 1

A "On [the noun] "
name
set

carry out examine devices rule
name
unlist 1

A "[The noun] [are] [if story tense is present tense]currently [end if]switched [if the noun is switched on]on[otherwise]off[end if]."
name
set

carry out examine undescribed things rule
name
unlist 1

A "[We] [see] nothing special about [the noun]."
name
set

after examining an identified passkey passkey description rule
name
unlist 1

A "[The noun] [unlock] [the list of things unbolted by the noun]."
name
set

report an actor examining report other people examining rule
name
unlist 1

A "[The actor] [look] closely at [the noun]."
name
set

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