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 always do nothing unless rules intervene</b><br>Saying yes <ahref=42_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Saying no <ahref=43_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Burning <ahref=44_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Waking up <ahref=45_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Thinking <ahref=46_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Smelling <ahref=47_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Listening to <ahref=48_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Tasting <ahref=49_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Cutting <ahref=50_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Jumping <ahref=51_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Tying it to <ahref=52_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Drinking <ahref=53_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Saying sorry <ahref=54_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Swinging <ahref=55_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Rubbing <ahref=56_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, <b>Setting it to</b> <ahref=57_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Waving hands <ahref=58_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Buying <ahref=59_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Climbing <ahref=60_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Sleeping <ahref=61_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b>Setting <fontcolor="#000080">something</font> to <fontcolor="#000080">some text</font></b><aname=SetTo></a> (<i>past tense</i> set it to)<br>
<p>The Standard Rules define this action in only a minimal way, blocking it
with a check rule which stops it in all cases. It exists so that before
or instead rules can be written to make it do interesting things in special
cases. (Or to reconstruct the action as something more substantial, unlist
the block rule and supply carry out and report rules, together perhaps
with some further check rules.)<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">"set/adjust [something] to [text]"</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 setting something to</i> <fontcolor="#800000">block setting it to rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('block setting it to rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The block setting it to rule is not listed in the check setting it to rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000270', 'plus1000270'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000270"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000270"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"No, [we] [can't set] [regarding the noun][those] to anything."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('block setting it to rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('block setting it to rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>