On 28-04-2017 18:08, pid...@mail.iqk.com wrote:
{Someone will correct me if I'm wrong (and I won't mind).}
Thank you for your reply, but unfortunately it does not fully answer my
question.
I am more interested in the statuses of my buddies more than the statuses that
I set for myself.
This is in order to play with priorities.
Specifically, the current settings are:
<pref name='status'>
<pref name='scores'>
<pref name='available' type='int' value='100'/>
<pref name='idle' type='int' value='0'/>
<pref name='away' type='int' value='-100'/>
<pref name='extended_away' type='int' value='-200'/>
<pref name='invisible' type='int' value='-50'/>
<pref name='offline_msg' type='int' value='-5'/>
<pref name='offline' type='int' value='-500'/>
</pref>
</pref>
As you can see, offline_msg is a status.
And to make it clear, I often see "extended away" on XMPP contacts, and
"invisible" on Hangouts contacts.
You may be attributing the status to have rigid meanings, but most of
them could be (somewhat inaccurately) described as a "mood".
"Idle" is, also, pretty straight forward. If you mark yourself as
"Available", but you're away from your computer/device for a period
of time (can't remember \what\ period of time), then "Available"
defaults to "Idle". The moment you do something on your
computer/device, then "Idle" goes back to "Available".
Some users wish to manually announce to those on their buddy list
that they are "Away" (even if they really aren't). Unlike "Idle",
"Away" is a manually user-selected status.
I've never seen "Extended Away", but it sound like it's the same.
One can still send/receive IM's in "Idle" and/or "Away".
"Invisible" is also manually user-selected, but to everyone who sees
you on their buddy list, you will appear to be "Offline". In
"Invisible", you can still send/receive IM's. (*I recall there used
to be one IM service that would not allow you to send/receive if you
set yourself to "Invisible".)
An "Offline Message" is a thing, not a status. If you are
\literally\ offline from a particular IM service, but someone sends
you an IM, anyway, most (if not all) of the IM services will "store"
that IM, and it will immediately appear as soon as you log back into
that IM service.
"Offline" is always straight-forward. It's a status you cannot
manually select, except for literally logging out of a particular IM
service.
On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 pid...@alexoren.com wrote:
Can anyone please explain when are the following statuses used and
what are the differences between them. This is related both to the
user's status and to the buddies' statuses.
available (this one is pretty straightforward)
idle (what's the difference between it and away?) away (what's the
difference between it and idle?) extended_away (when does away
become extended_away?)
invisible (how does Pidgin know if someone is offline or
invisible?) offline_msg (is this similar to offline?) offline
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