Escapade!

An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text

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The article is part of the encyclopedia. It is insubstantial. The description is "[the printing of the article]".
The printing is "[fixed letter spacing][bold type]FLASHLIGHT[roman type]

A [bold type]flashlight[roman type] is an essential tool in any dark or low-light environment. It is a device that consists of a lamp inside a parable-shaped casing surrounded by a reflective surface to focus the light to a single direction.

Flashlights can been used as communication devices, typically by flashing the light in pre-agreed sequences. There are documented cases[italic type][bracket]citation needed[close bracket][roman type] of using a flashlight or a searchlight as a signalling device by attaching a template in front of the light source to create shapes in the surface the light is pointed at.[variable letter spacing]".

Understand "page/pages/articles/passage/passages" and "about flashlight/flashlights" as the article.

Before doing something with the article when the article is part of the encyclopedia and the encyclopedia is closed:
    say "(first opening [the encyclopedia])[command clarification break]";
    silently try opening the encyclopedia;
    continue the action.