Auto-away from Occupied does not work

[vadim_savchuk]

When I set Occupied status and walk away from my keyboard, the auto- away feature does not work (i.e. status is not changed to Away). However if status is Online, auto-away works.

[emostar]

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This has been in Licq for quite some time, and it is done by design. The logic is better to not go auto-away if you are occupied. Assuming you step away from the computer, you are stlil occupied, aren't you? If not, then manually switch to away.

[vadim_savchuk]

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All the other IM clients that I know implement a different logic: auto-away works for all statuses, and it's very convenient IMHO. Let me explain... When I set "Occupied" status I mean that I'm working. But people still can send me their urgent messages. However I may walk away from my computer to discuss something with my colleagues, forgetting to change the status. And nobody will be able to see that I'm away, wondering (or eveng being offended) why I don't answer. Can you make this an option? I actually fixed this bug for myself with an ugly patch, so I know it's not hard to fix.

[emostar]

fixed in [4457]

[anonymous]

Milestone 1.3.4 deleted