Synopsis:
gone [[<options>] <away message>]
Description:
This command marks you as being "away". It is used to tell people that
you currently aren't paying attention to your screen. You might use it
if you are taking a nap, in the shower, getting some food, or otherwise
just aren't there at the moment. When you mark yourself as away, your
status bar will show the value of STATUS_AWAY to reflect this; this is
"(Away)" by default. GONE marks you away silently.
Anyone who does a WHOIS on your nickname will see that you are away, as
well as your away message. Anyone doing a WHO that returns information
about you will also see that you're gone. By default, if someone sends
you a MSG while you are away, your client will beep. You can turn this
off by setting BEEP_WHEN_AWAY to OFF.
If you send a MSG to someone who is away, you will automatically be
notified of this. By default, you will only receive this notification
once. If you wish to see it every time (to tell when a person is no
longer marked away, for instance), change SHOW_AWAY_ONCE to OFF.
You can remove your away status by using AWAY with no arguments.
Options:
-all send the away message to all servers you are on
-one send away message to only the current server (default)
Examples:
To mark yourself away:
/gone I'm not here right now, I'll be back soon
To mark yourself away on all servers:
/gone -all I'm in the shower, back in 10 minutes
To remove your away status:
/gone
See Also:
load (5) away ; set (4) beep_when_away , show_away_once , status_away ,
send_away_msg ; who (2); whois (2)
Restrictions:
AWAY status (and messages) is only through the network once,
when it is first set. The implication of this is that, if the AWAY was
set during a netsplit, when the netsplit heals, the reconnecting servers
will not be aware of the AWAY status. Thus, anyone on those servers
using WHO or WHOIS will not know you are away. In addition, servers
will impose a limit to the length of the AWAY message; this is usually
80 characters; test it on your server to be certain.
