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 which are checked but then do nothing unless rules intervene</b><br>Waiting <ahref=34_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Touching <ahref=35_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Waving <ahref=36_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Pulling <ahref=37_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Pushing <ahref=38_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, <b>Turning</b> <ahref=39_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Pushing it to <ahref=40_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Squeezing <ahref=41_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b>Turning <fontcolor="#000080">something</font></b><aname=Turn></a> (<i>past tense</i> turned)<br>
<p>Turning is the act of rotating
something - say, a dial.<br><br>In the Standard Rules there are no carry out rules for this action because
nothing in the standard Inform world model which reacts to it. The action
is provided for authors to hang more interesting behaviour onto for special
cases: say, turning a capstan.<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">"turn/rotate/twist/unscrew/screw [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">check <i>an actor turning</i> <fontcolor="#800000">can't turn what's fixed in place rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t turn what[=0x0027=]s fixed in place rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The can[=0x0027=]t turn what[=0x0027=]s fixed in place rule is not listed in the check turning rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000242', 'plus1000242'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000242"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000242"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[regarding the noun][They] [are] fixed in place."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t turn what[=0x0027=]s fixed in place rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t turn what[=0x0027=]s fixed in place rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<pclass="hangingin2">check <i>an actor turning</i> <fontcolor="#800000">can't turn scenery rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t turn scenery rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The can[=0x0027=]t turn scenery rule is not listed in the check turning rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000243', 'plus1000243'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000243"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<pclass="hangingin2">check <i>an actor turning</i> <fontcolor="#800000">can't turn people rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t turn people rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The can[=0x0027=]t turn people rule is not listed in the check turning rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000244', 'plus1000244'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000244"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000244"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[The noun] [might not like] that."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t turn people rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t turn people 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 turning</i> <fontcolor="#800000">report turning rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report turning rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The report turning rule is not listed in the report turning rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000245', 'plus1000245'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000245"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 2</p>
<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> 5</p>