Being idle, away and on vacation

Being idle

If you are going to be away from your terminal for a while, but don't want to disconnect, you can set an "idle" message which will be shown to people who try to page you:

@idle me = Away for a while.

A more complex method is to set up an automatic "idle" message which is automatically sent if you are idle for more than a preset period of time, like this:

@idle me =[switch(gt(idlesecs(%#),120),1,I'm idle. Use @mail,)]

In this case, the message "I'm idle. Use @mail" is sent if you are idle for more than 120 seconds (two minutes).

Being away

You can also set a message to be sent to people if they page you when you are disconnected, like this:

@away me = I'm not connected. I usually connect between 8 pm and 10 pm daily.

Saying what you are doing

You can tell people what you are currently doing, like this:

@doing Exploring the eastern caves

Then, if someone does a WHO, they can see what you are doing:

WHO
Player Name          On For   Idle  Doing
Gandalf               00:17     0s  Exploring the eastern caves
Strider               00:30     3s  Available to help newbies
Freddie               02:27     5m  Exploring the larger cave
There are 3 players connected.

On vacation

@set me = on-vacation

This may help prevent you from being purged from the MUSH for inactivity.

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