away messages and custom idle

cammy69 · Post by **cammy69** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:43 pm

so in adium 0.77 when i wanted to use one of my away messages that i already saved and set a custom idle, i could. and now with adium 0.80 it seems that i can't do this anymore. either i am missing it or it's not there anymore. can somone help me because i am losing it over here.

Tipo 61 · Post by **Tipo 61** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:00 pm

In .8 you can select a "Custom..." status in the Status menu. THere is a checkbox in the menu when seting a custom status called "Appear Idle Immediately" and you can set a custom Idle time.

cammy69 · Post by **cammy69** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:12 pm

Tipo 61 wrote:In .8 you can select a "Custom..." status in the Status menu. THere is a checkbox in the menu when seting a custom status called "Appear Idle Immediately" and you can set a custom Idle time.

i did that but the only messages i can choose from are the new built in ones and i would like to use one that i previously saved

cammy69 · Post by **cammy69** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:35 pm

can someone help?

Tipo 61 · Post by **Tipo 61** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:49 pm

Well, you could just recreate the old status message in .80, or if Adium remembered it from .77 you can edit it in the status preferences

heewa · Post by **heewa** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:23 pm

But, that means you'd have to create a specific saved status thing for every possible Status Message / Idle Time combination!? That's a little ridiculous.

Also, if you already have an away message up, and you want to go idle without changing your status, that's not possible. You can get close, by setting a new status with the same text and a different idle time, but that's not the same thing. And then when you want to remove the idle, you'd again have to change your status.

There should be a way to change your idle time without affecting your away status. They're separate things.

Post by **jstamos** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:09 pm

heewa wrote:But, that means you'd have to create a specific saved status thing for every possible Status Message / Idle Time combination!? That's a little ridiculous.

Also, if you already have an away message up, and you want to go idle without changing your status, that's not possible. You can get close, by setting a new status with the same text and a different idle time, but that's not the same thing. And then when you want to remove the idle, you'd again have to change your status.

There should be a way to change your idle time without affecting your away status. They're separate things.

So pick your away message, then press custom and choose an idle time.

heewa · Post by **heewa** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:15 pm

That removes the away messagea and replaces it with whatever you put as the new one. You cannot set idle time without either setting an away message, going invisible, or removing an away message.

cammy69 · Post by **cammy69** » Thu May 05, 2005 5:08 am

so i can't do it like before with .77? maybe i ought to go back then

grimlock · Post by **grimlock** » Thu May 05, 2005 6:31 am

Yah, I love the new release except for the problem with setting idle. its nice to just have it as an option for itself. it shouldn't be hidden away in a menu, as a checkbox.

great release though!!!

(just please consider maybe fixing the idle "problem"!)