---
name: "profanity-inpblock"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "profanity"
version: "1:0.19.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/profanity-inpblock"
---

# profanity-inpblock(1)

## NAME

/inpblock

## DESCRIPTION

How long to wait for keyboard input before checking for new messages or checking for state changes such as 'idle'.

## SYNOPSIS

/inpblock timeout \<millis\>

/inpblock dynamic on\|off

## ARGUMENTS

**timeout \<millis\>**

Time to wait (1-1000) in milliseconds before reading input from the terminal buffer, default: 1000.

**dynamic on\|off**

Start with 0 millis and dynamically increase up to timeout when no activity, default: on.