A single action in detail.<br><i>About the action rulebooks <ahref=inform:/doc178.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
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<hr><b>Standard actions concerning the actor's vision</b><br>Looking <ahref=11_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Examining <ahref=12_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, <b>Looking under</b> <ahref=13_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Searching <ahref=14_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Consulting it about <ahref=15_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b>Looking under <fontcolor="#000080">something</font></b><aname=LookUnder></a> (requires light) (<i>past tense</i> looked under)<br>
<p>The standard Inform world
model does not have a concept of things being under other things, so this
action is only minimally provided by the Standard Rules, but it exists here
for traditional reasons (and because, after all, LOOK UNDER TABLE is the
sort of command which ought to be recognised even if it does nothing useful).
The action ordinarily either tells the player he finds nothing of interest,
or reports that somebody else has looked under something.<br><br>The usual way to make this action do something useful is to write a rule
like 'Instead of looking under the cabinet for the first time: now the
player has the silver key; say ...' and so on.<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">"look/l under [something]"</p><p><b>Rules controlling this action</b></p><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">instead of <i>doing something to the cables</i> <ahref="source:story.ni#line53"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">carry out <i>an actor looking under</i> <fontcolor="#800000">standard looking under rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('standard looking under rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The standard looking under rule is not listed in the carry out looking under rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000158', 'plus1000158'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000158"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000158"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[We] [find] nothing of interest."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('standard looking under rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('standard looking under rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">report <i>an actor looking under</i> <fontcolor="#800000">report other people looking under rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report other people looking under rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The report other people looking under rule is not listed in the report looking under rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000159', 'plus1000159'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000159"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000159"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[The actor] [look] under [the noun]."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report other people looking under rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report other people looking under rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<br>Click on the speech-bubble icons to see the responses, or here to see all of them: <ahref="#"onclick="showAllResp(); return false;"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 2</p>