profanity-autoaway(1)

profanity-autoaway1

Usage

/autoaway mode idle|away|off

/autoaway time away|xa <minutes>

/autoaway message away|xa <message>|off

/autoaway check on|off

Overview

Manage autoaway settings for idle time.

Arguments

mode idle

Sends idle time, status remains online.

mode away

Sends away and xa presence as well as idle time.

mode off

Disabled (default).

time away <minutes>

Number of minutes before the away presence is sent, default: 15.

time xa <minutes>

Number of minutes before the xa presence is sent, default: 0 (disabled).

message away <message>

Optional message to send with the away presence, default: off (disabled).

message xa <message>

Optional message to send with the xa presence, default: off (disabled).

message away off

Send no message with away presence.

message xa off

Send no message with xa presence.

check on|off

When enabled, checks for activity and sends online presence, default: on.

Examples

/autoaway mode away

/autoaway time away 30

/autoaway message away Away from computer for a while

/autoaway time xa 120

/autoaway message xa Away from computer for a very long time

/autoaway check off

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From profanity 1:0.19.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by profanity-gtk. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.