Readableclassobjects.t[1447]

A readable object. Any ordinary object will show its normal full description when read, but an object that is explicitly readable will have elevated logicalness for the "read" action, and can optionally show a separate description when read.

class Readable :   Thing

Superclass Tree   (in declaration order)

Readable
        Thing
                VocabObject
                        object

Subclass Tree  

(none)

Global Objects  

(none)

Summary of Properties  

readDesc 

Inherited from Thing :
actorInAName  actorInName  actorInPrep  actorIntoName  actorOutOfName  actorOutOfPrep  aDisambigName  allStates  aName  brightness  bulk  canBeHeard  canBeSeen  canBeSmelled  canBeTouched  canMatchHer  canMatchHim  canMatchIt  canMatchThem  circularlyInMessage  collectiveGroup  collectiveGroups  contents  contentsListed  contentsListedInExamine  contentsListedSeparately  contentsLister  descContentsLister  described  disambigEquivName  disambigName  distantDesc  distantInitSpecialDesc  distantSpecialDesc  distinguishers  dummyName  effectiveFollowLocation  equivalenceKey  equivalentGrouper  equivalentGrouperClass  equivalentGrouperTable  esEndingPat  explicitVisualSenseInfo  getState  globalParamName  holdingIndex  iesEndingPat  initDesc  initNominalRoomPartLocation  initSpecialDesc  inlineContentsLister  isEquivalent  isHer  isHim  isInInitState  isKnown  isLikelyCommandTarget  isListedAboardVehicle  isMassNoun  isPlural  isProperName  isQualifiedName  isThingConstructed  isTopLevel  listName  listWith  location  lookInLister  moved  name  nameDoes  nameSays  nameSees  notTravelReadyMsg  objectNotifyList  objInPrep  obscuredInitSpecialDesc  obscuredSpecialDesc  owner  patElevenEighteen  patIsAlpha  patLeadingTagOrQuote  patOfPhrase  patOneLetterAnWord  patOneLetterWord  patSingleApostropheS  patTagOrQuoteChar  patUpperOrDigit  patVowelY  pluralDisambigName  pluralName  pronounSelector  roomDarkName  roomLocation  roomName  seen  sightPresence  sightSize  smellPresence  smellSize  soundPresence  soundSize  specialContentsLister  specialDesc  specialDescBeforeContents  specialDescListWith  specialDescOrder  specialNominalRoomPartLocation  suppressAutoSeen  takeFromNotInMessage  theDisambigName  theName  theNamePossNoun  tmpAmbient_  tmpAmbientFill_  tmpAmbientWithin_  tmpFillMedium_  tmpObstructor_  tmpObstructorWithin_  tmpPathIsIn_  tmpTrans_  tmpTransWithin_  touchPresence  touchSize  verbCan  verbCannot  verbCant  verbEndingSD  verbEndingSEd  verbEndingSMessageBuilder_  verbMust  verbToCome  verbToDo  verbToGo  verbToLeave  verbToSay  verbToSee  verbWill  verbWont  weight 

Inherited from VocabObject :
canResolvePossessive  disambigPromptOrder  pluralOrder  vocabLikelihood  vocabWords  weakTokens 

Summary of Methods  

dimReadDesc  dobjFor(Read)  obscuredReadDesc 

Inherited from Thing :
acceptCommand  addAllContents  addDirectConnections  addObjectNotifyItem  addToContents  addToSenseInfoTable  adjustLookAroundTable  adjustThrowDestination  afterAction  afterTravel  allContents  aNameFrom  aNameObj  aNameOwnerLoc  announceDefaultObject  appendHeldContents  atmosphereList  baseMoveInto  basicExamine  basicExamineFeel  basicExamineListen  basicExamineSmell  basicExamineTaste  beforeAction  beforeTravel  buildContainmentPaths  cacheAmbientInfo  cacheSenseInfo  cacheSensePath  canBeHeardBy  canBeSeenBy  canBeSensed  canBeSmelledBy  canBeTouchedBy  canDetailsBeSensed  canHear  canMatchPronounType  canMoveViaPath  cannotGoShowExits  cannotReachObject  cannotSeeSmellSource  cannotSeeSoundSource  canOwn  canSee  canSmell  canThrowViaPath  canTouch  canTouchViaPath  checkActorOutOfNested  checkBulkChange  checkBulkChangeWithin  checkMoveViaPath  checkStagingLocation  checkThrowViaPath  checkTouchViaPath  checkTravelerDirectlyInRoom  childInName  childInNameGen  childInNameWithOwner  childInRemoteName  clearSenseInfo  cloneForMultiInstanceContents  cloneMultiInstanceContents  conjugateRegularVerb  connectionTable  construct  contentsInFixedIn  countDisambigName  countListName  countName  countNameFrom  countNameOwnerLoc  darkRoomContentsLister  defaultDistantDesc  defaultObscuredDesc  desc  directionForConnector  distantSmellDesc  distantSoundDesc  dobjFor(AskAbout)  dobjFor(AskFor)  dobjFor(AskVague)  dobjFor(AttachTo)  dobjFor(Attack)  dobjFor(AttackWith)  dobjFor(Board)  dobjFor(Break)  dobjFor(Burn)  dobjFor(BurnWith)  dobjFor(Clean)  dobjFor(CleanWith)  dobjFor(Climb)  dobjFor(ClimbDown)  dobjFor(ClimbUp)  dobjFor(Close)  dobjFor(Consult)  dobjFor(ConsultAbout)  dobjFor(CutWith)  dobjFor(Detach)  dobjFor(DetachFrom)  dobjFor(Dig)  dobjFor(DigWith)  dobjFor(Doff)  dobjFor(Drink)  dobjFor(Drop)  dobjFor(Eat)  dobjFor(Enter)  dobjFor(EnterOn)  dobjFor(Examine)  dobjFor(Extinguish)  dobjFor(Fasten)  dobjFor(FastenTo)  dobjFor(Feel)  dobjFor(Flip)  dobjFor(Follow)  dobjFor(GetOffOf)  dobjFor(GetOutOf)  dobjFor(GiveTo)  dobjFor(GoThrough)  dobjFor(JumpOff)  dobjFor(JumpOver)  dobjFor(Kiss)  dobjFor(LieOn)  dobjFor(Light)  dobjFor(ListenTo)  dobjFor(Lock)  dobjFor(LockWith)  dobjFor(LookBehind)  dobjFor(LookIn)  dobjFor(LookThrough)  dobjFor(LookUnder)  dobjFor(Move)  dobjFor(MoveTo)  dobjFor(MoveWith)  dobjFor(Open)  dobjFor(PlugIn)  dobjFor(PlugInto)  dobjFor(Pour)  dobjFor(PourInto)  dobjFor(PourOnto)  dobjFor(Pull)  dobjFor(Push)  dobjFor(PushTravel)  dobjFor(PutBehind)  dobjFor(PutIn)  dobjFor(PutOn)  dobjFor(PutUnder)  dobjFor(Remove)  dobjFor(Screw)  dobjFor(ScrewWith)  dobjFor(Search)  dobjFor(Set)  dobjFor(SetTo)  dobjFor(ShowTo)  dobjFor(SitOn)  dobjFor(Smell)  dobjFor(StandOn)  dobjFor(Strike)  dobjFor(Switch)  dobjFor(Take)  dobjFor(TakeFrom)  dobjFor(TalkTo)  dobjFor(Taste)  dobjFor(TellAbout)  dobjFor(TellVague)  dobjFor(Throw)  dobjFor(ThrowAt)  dobjFor(ThrowDir)  dobjFor(ThrowTo)  dobjFor(Turn)  dobjFor(TurnOff)  dobjFor(TurnOn)  dobjFor(TurnTo)  dobjFor(TurnWith)  dobjFor(TypeLiteralOn)  dobjFor(TypeOn)  dobjFor(Unfasten)  dobjFor(UnfastenFrom)  dobjFor(Unlock)  dobjFor(UnlockWith)  dobjFor(Unplug)  dobjFor(UnplugFrom)  dobjFor(Unscrew)  dobjFor(UnscrewWith)  dobjFor(Wear)  examineListContents  examineListContentsWith  examineSpecialContents  examineStatus  failCheck  feelDesc  fillMedium  findOpaqueObstructor  findTouchObstructor  forEachConnectedContainer  forEachContainer  fromPOV  getAllForTakeFrom  getAllPathsTo  getAnnouncementDistinguisher  getBagAffinities  getBagsOfHolding  getBestDistinguisher  getBulk  getBulkWithin  getCarryingActor  getCommonContainer  getCommonDirectContainer  getConnectedContainers  getConnectorTo  getContentsForExamine  getDestName  getDropDestination  getEncumberingBulk  getEncumberingWeight  getExtraScopeItems  getHitFallDestination  getIdentityObject  getInScopeDistinguisher  getListedContents  getLocPushTraveler  getLocTraveler  getMovePathTo  getNoise  getNominalDropDestination  getNominalOwner  getObjectNotifyList  getOdor  getOutermostRoom  getOutermostVisibleRoom  getRoomNotifyList  getRoomPartLocation  getStateWithInfo  getStatuslineExitsHeight  getThrowPathTo  getTouchPathTo  getTravelConnector  getVisualSenseInfo  getWeight  hasCollectiveGroup  hideFromAll  hideFromDefault  initializeEquivalent  initializeLocation  initializeThing  inRoomName  iobjFor(AttachTo)  iobjFor(AttackWith)  iobjFor(BurnWith)  iobjFor(CleanWith)  iobjFor(CutWith)  iobjFor(DetachFrom)  iobjFor(DigWith)  iobjFor(FastenTo)  iobjFor(GiveTo)  iobjFor(LockWith)  iobjFor(MoveWith)  iobjFor(PlugInto)  iobjFor(PourInto)  iobjFor(PourOnto)  iobjFor(PutBehind)  iobjFor(PutIn)  iobjFor(PutOn)  iobjFor(PutUnder)  iobjFor(ScrewWith)  iobjFor(ShowTo)  iobjFor(TakeFrom)  iobjFor(ThrowAt)  iobjFor(ThrowTo)  iobjFor(TurnWith)  iobjFor(UnfastenFrom)  iobjFor(UnlockWith)  iobjFor(UnplugFrom)  iobjFor(UnscrewWith)  isActorTravelReady  isComponentOf  isDirectlyIn  isHeldBy  isIn  isInFixedIn  isListed  isListedInContents  isListedInInventory  isListedInRoomPart  isLookAroundCeiling  isNominallyIn  isNominallyInRoomPart  isOccludedBy  isOrIsIn  isOwnedBy  isShipboard  isVocabEquivalent  itIs  itNom  itObj  itPossAdj  itPossNoun  itVerb  listCardinality  localDirectionLinkForConnector  lookAround  lookAroundPov  lookAroundWithin  lookAroundWithinContents  lookAroundWithinDesc  lookAroundWithinName  lookAroundWithinSense  lookAroundWithinShowExits  lookInDesc  mainExamine  mainMoveInto  mapPushTravelHandlers  mapPushTravelHandlers  mapPushTravelHandlers  mapPushTravelHandlers  mapPushTravelHandlers  meetsObjHeld  mergeSenseInfo  mergeSenseInfoTable  moveInto  moveIntoForTravel  moveIntoNotifyPath  mustMoveObjInto  nameIs  nameIsnt  nameVerb  normalizePath  notePromptByOwnerLoc  notePromptByPossAdj  noteSeenBy  notifyInsert  notifyMoveInto  notifyMoveViaPath  notifyRemove  obscuredDesc  obscuredSmellDesc  obscuredSoundDesc  pluralNameFrom  processThrow  propHidesProp  propWithPresent  putInName  receiveDrop  remoteDesc  remoteInitSpecialDesc  remoteRoomContentsLister  remoteSpecialDesc  removeFromContents  removeObjectNotifyItem  restoreLocation  roomActorThereDesc  roomContentsLister  roomDaemon  roomDarkDesc  roomDesc  roomFirstDesc  roomRemoteDesc  roomTravelPreCond  saveLocation  selectPathTo  sendNotifyInsert  sendNotifyRemove  senseAmbientMax  senseInfoTable  senseObj  sensePathFromWithin  sensePathFromWithout  sensePathToContents  sensePathToLoc  sensePresenceList  setAllSeenBy  setContentsSeenBy  setGlobalParamName  setVisualSenseInfo  shineFromWithin  shineFromWithout  shineOnContents  shineOnLoc  showDistantSpecialDesc  showDistantSpecialDescInContents  showInventoryContents  showInventoryItem  showInventoryItemCounted  showListItem  showListItemCounted  showListItemCountedGen  showListItemGen  showObjectContents  showObscuredSpecialDesc  showObscuredSpecialDescInContents  showRemoteSpecialDesc  showRemoteSpecialDescInContents  showSpecialDesc  showSpecialDescInContents  showSpecialDescInContentsWithInfo  showSpecialDescWithInfo  showStatuslineExits  showWornItem  showWornItemCounted  smellDesc  smellHereDesc  soundDesc  soundHereDesc  specialDescList  specialPathFrom  statusName  stopThrowViaPath  superHidesSuper  tasteDesc  thatNom  thatObj  theNameFrom  theNameObj  theNameOwnerLoc  theNameWithOwner  throwTargetCatch  throwTargetHitWith  throwViaPath  transmitAmbient  transSensingIn  transSensingOut  traversePath  tryHolding  tryImplicitRemoveObstructor  tryMovingObjInto  useInitDesc  useInitSpecialDesc  useSpecialDesc  useSpecialDescInContents  useSpecialDescInRoom  useSpecialDescInRoomPart  verbEndingEs  verbEndingIes  verbEndingS  verbToHave  verbWas  verifyFollowable  verifyInsert  verifyMoveTo  verifyRemove  whatIf  whatIfHeldBy  withVisualSenseInfo 

Inherited from VocabObject :
addToDictionary  expandPronounList  filterResolveList  getFacets  inheritVocab  initializeVocab  initializeVocabWith  matchName  matchNameCommon  matchNameDisambig  throwNoMatchForLocation  throwNoMatchForPossessive  throwNothingInLocation 

Properties  

readDescobjects.t[1454]

Show my special reading desription. By default, we set this to nil to indicate that we should use our default "examine" description; objects can override this to show a special message for reading the object as desired.

Methods  

dimReadDesc ( )objects.t[1460]

our reading description in dim light

dobjFor(Read)OVERRIDDENobjects.t[1463]
"Read" action

obscuredReadDesc ( )objects.t[1457]
our reading description when obscured

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