This is most likely related to these last two posts: https://forums.mirc.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/242890/

However I believe it should be changed, first I don't think there are (m)any scripter who knows about this and who are expecting status windows' wid but $wid clearly knows the correct value, I think /timer should be using $wid's value. if backward compatibility are an issue, a new switch for /timer could be a thing


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