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Standard actions which are checked but then do nothing unless rules intervene
Waiting , Touching , Waving , Pulling , Pushing , Turning , Pushing it to , Squeezing

Touching something (past tense touched)

Touching is just that, touching something without applying pressure: a touch-sensitive screen or a living creature might react, but a standard push-button or lever will probably not.
In the Standard Rules there are no check touching rules, since touchability is already a requirement of the noun for the action anyway, and no carry out rules because nothing in the standard Inform world model reacts to a mere touch - though report rules do mean that attempts to touch other people provoke a special reply.

Typed commands leading to this action

"touch/feel [something]"

Rules controlling this action

instead of doing something to the cables

report an actor touching report touching yourself rule name unlist 2

A "[We] [achieve] nothing by this." name set
B "[The actor] [touch] [themselves]." name set

report an actor touching report touching other people rule name unlist 3

A "[The noun] [might not like] that." name set
B "[The actor] [touch] [us]." name set
C "[The actor] [touch] [the noun]." name set

report an actor touching report touching things rule name unlist 2

A "[We] [feel] nothing unexpected." name set
B "[The actor] [touch] [the noun]." name set

Click on the speech-bubble icons to see the responses, or here to see all of them: 7