Synopsis: gone [[] ] 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.