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Details — A single action in detail.
About the action rulebooks  


Standard actions which change the state of things
Locking it with , Unlocking it with , Switching on , Switching off , Opening , Closing , Wearing , Taking off 


Wearing something (past tense worn)

The Standard Rules give Inform only a simple model of clothing. A thing can be worn only if it has the either/or property of being 'wearable'. (Typing a sentence like 'Mr Jones wears the Homburg hat.' automatically implies that the hat is wearable, which is why we only seldom need to use the word 'wearable' directly.) There is no checking of how much or how little any actor is wearing, or how incongruous this may appear: nor any distinction between under or over-clothes.

To put on an article of clothing, the actor must be directly carrying it, as enforced by the 'can't wear what's not held rule'.


Typed commands leading to this action

"wear/don [something preferably held]"

"put on [something preferably held]"

"put [something preferably held] on"

Rules controlling this action

before    doing something to a secret door which is unrevealed   

before    doing something to a secret switch which is unrevealed   

before    doing something when a secret door is the second noun and the second noun is unrevealed   

before    doing something when a secret switch is the second noun and the second noun is unrevealed   


check    an actor wearing  can't wear what's not clothing rule    name  unlist   1

check    an actor wearing  can't wear what's not held rule    name  unlist   1

check    an actor wearing  can't wear what's already worn rule    name  unlist   1


carry out    an actor wearing  standard wearing rule    name  unlist


report    an actor wearing  standard report wearing rule    name  unlist   2


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