Forums Bug Reports $away

Try this:



Now, this is what I saw in my status:


* Added 'test' alias
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$false
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You are no longer marked as being away
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You have been marked as being away
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$false


What about the second $false ? Isn't it supposed to return $true ?
I'm using mIRC v6.1..

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You have been marked as being away
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$true
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You are no longer marked as being away
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$false
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You have been marked as being away
-

I think you missed the point that /alias here was used to create an alias that allowed me to put myself back and away rapidly, like this:


test {
 away
 away BlEh
}


or

test away | away BlEh

I don't see why I should use // instead of / to create this alias, the | was part of the alias I wished to create, not of the command I typed.

Yes I did missunderstand
Maybe the second $away was evaluated in between the two commands due to a small amount of lag on the server.

/alias test away | away BlEh
//timer 1 1 echo -a $!away
//timer 1 2 test
//timer 1 3 echo -a $!away

* Added 'test' alias
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* Timer 1 activated
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* Timer 4 activated
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* Timer 5 activated
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$false
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* Timer 1 halted
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* Timer 4 halted
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$true
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* Timer 5 halted
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You are no longer marked as being away
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You have been marked as being away
-

I don't think lag is part of the game here. I did //echo $away AFTER recieving the You have been marked as being away. And even if I do it more than once, I still get $false.. Even after 30 minutes.. *lol*

Well I just tried your first one on a very small network with almost zero lag and with no timers and got this:

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* Added 'test' alias
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$false
$true
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You are no longer marked as being away
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You have been marked as being away
-

using these lines all pasted at once:

/alias test away | away BlEh
//echo -a $away
/test
//echo -a $away

I wonder if $away is set when the /away command is issued or the reply is received from the server .. seems like the former. If so it should be latter.

I can reproduce the bug. A //whois $me afterwards updates $away (makes it return $true), //who $me, however, does not.

$away seems to completely ignore the 'You have been marked as away" and "You are no longer marked as being away" messages.



Clearly mIRC updates the status of $away instantly. I think mIRC may do this so as not to confuse various scripts setting away (ie: an 'autoaway on idle' script could flood the server with aways if it didn't receive a prompt reply from the server). You'll also find if your network has a server-side alias for away (like /A) that using this will not update mIRC.

(edit: eye speel funniey :P)