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>, <b>Touching</b> <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>, Turning <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>Touching <fontcolor="#000080">something</font></b><aname=Touch></a> (<i>past tense</i> touched)<br>
<p>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.<br><br>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.<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">"touch/feel [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#line56"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">report <i>an actor touching</i> <fontcolor="#800000">report touching yourself rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching yourself rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The report touching yourself rule is not listed in the report touching rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000229', 'plus1000229'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000229"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 2</p>
<pclass="hangingin2">report <i>an actor touching</i> <fontcolor="#800000">report touching other people rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching other people rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The report touching other people rule is not listed in the report touching rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000230', 'plus1000230'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000230"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 3</p>
<divid="extra1000230"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('report touching other people rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching other people rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i><br> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> B </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[The actor] [touch] [us]."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching other people rule response (B)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching other people rule response (B) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i><br> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> C </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[The actor] [touch] [the noun]."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching other people rule response (C)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching other people rule response (C) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<pclass="hangingin2">report <i>an actor touching</i> <fontcolor="#800000">report touching things rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching things rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The report touching things rule is not listed in the report touching rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000231', 'plus1000231'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000231"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 2</p>
<divid="extra1000231"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[We] [feel] nothing unexpected."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching things rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching things rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i><br> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> B </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[The actor] [touch] [the noun]."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching things rule response (B)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report touching things rule response (B) 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> 7</p>