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AutoAway for HexChat
This HexChat plugin will automatically mark you away when your computer is idle. It works on systems that use the GTK+ X11 backend, such as GNU/Linux.
Dependencies
- HexChat
- X11 and Xss (X Screen Saver extension) libraries
- GTK+ 2
- CMake and pkg-config (for building)
Building and installation
cd hexchat-autoaway
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
make
cp libautoaway.so ~/.config/hexchat/addons
Configuration
The plugin should work out of the box. To change the default settings,
close HexChat and edit the file ~/.config/hexchat/addon_autoaway.conf.
Settings list:
away_msg: The away message to set (default:Idle)idle_time: The idle time after which the user is considered being away, in seconds (default: 600)polling_timeout: The X status polling period, in seconds (default: 10)away_extra: Extra per-server command to execute when going away (default: empty)back_extra: Extra per-server command to execute when returning back (default: empty)
To execute multiple extra commands on away/back, create a text file with
the commands and set away_extra/back_extra to LOAD -e <file>.