How to use /TIMER
Usage: TIMER [-refnum <num>] [-repeat <num>] <seconds> <command>
TIMER [-quiet] -delete <num>
The commands between the square brackets are optional.
| TIMER | Commandname |
| -refnum <num> | Gives the timer a number, handy if you use more than one timer |
| -repeat <num> | How many times do you want the timer to repeat the command/msg |
| <seconds> | How many seconds before the next repeat |
| <command> | Command or message |
| -quiet | Does not show "Timer <num> deleted." output in current window |
| -delete | Deletes the timer |
E.g.:
/TIMER 10 join #xchat
Will let you join #xchat after 10 seconds.
Because the options -refnum <num> and -repeat <num> were not used here this timer gets number 1 and will only execute once.
"/TIMER" will show the current timer(s) you have set in the current window.
| Ref# Seconds Repeat Command |
| 1 10.0 1 join #xchat |
Example - Simple anti-idle timer
If you whois a user you can also see what his idle time is (how long he has been inactive/away from the computer).
Tip: Sometimes the idle time will not show. To see users idle times use the nick twice in the /whois command.
e.g.: /WHOIS John John
[John] idle 21:04:50, signon: Wed Jul 16 16:07:23
This means John has not been active for 21 hours, 4 minutes and 50 seconds.
If you don't want others to see your idle time you could set up an anti-idle timer.
This anti-idle timer is set to 60 secs so your idle time will never show higher than 60 seconds.
To set up a simple anti idle timer you could use something like this:
/TIMER -refnum 2 -repeat 1000 60 msg <yournick> anti-idle
| /TIMER | Command to start the timer |
| -refnum 2 | The timer number is 2 - You can skip "-refnum" if you don't use any other timers, the timer will then get number 1 |
| -repeat 1000 | This means the timer will repeat itself 1000 times |
| 60 | The timer will execute every 60 seconds |
| msg <yournick> anti-idle | This will give an "anti-idle" message in your own private window (pm), you could also send it to a non-existing channel, "msg #pzxhqy anti-idle" |
"/TIMER" will show the current timer(s) you have set in the current window.
| Ref# Seconds Repeat Command |
| 2 60.0 1000 msg yournick anti-idle |
To delete this timer use:
/TIMER -delete 2
You will get this message in your current window: "Timer 2 deleted.". If you don't want to see this message use the -quiet option:
"/TIMER -quiet -delete 2"
