Reading the item/tool definition of the hand

[Wuzzy]

Hi.
I know I can read the definitions of pretty much all nodes, items, tools by using e.g. minetest.registered_tools.

However, this seems to be not the case for the hand (default tool). The identifier for the hand is the colon.
I know you can define it with something like this:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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minetest.register_item(":", definition)

However, reading the information back seems not to be possible. I have tried to read the following entries but each of them were nil:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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minetest.registered_tools[":"]

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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minetest.registered_items[":"]

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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minetest.registered_craftitems[":"]

My question is: How can I read the tool or item definition of the hand?

[rubenwardy]

: is the override character. The name of the hand is "".

: Basically disables the name check, so names don't have to be of form modname:itemname it also disables existence checks, so that you can overwrite existing nodes

[Wuzzy]

Thanks, this was the answer.

I wonder if many people in Minetest would have asked the same or a similar question (just give a short shout-out if this applies to you). I am considering of adding this one to the FAQ, but only if it is really frequently asked (at least in theory). ;-)

PS: Is the fact that the ID of the hand is the empty string mentioned in lua_api.txt somewhere?