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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/erc/erc.el | 12 |
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@@ -2881,6 +2881,15 @@ The new '/opme' convenience command asks ChanServ to set the operator status for the current nick in the current channel, and '/deopme' unsets it. +--- +*** Add '/wii' convenience command for whois with idle time. +The new '/wii' convenience command calls the '/whois' command with the +given nick as both arguments, which is useful for displaying the whois +information for the nick along with idle time, even if the nick is on +a different server than the one the current user is connected to. +Using the given nick itself instead of the server it is connected to +is not standardized, but is widely supported across IRC networks. + ** xwidget-webkit mode --- diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc.el b/lisp/erc/erc.el index ccb1f63bc39..2427332189a 100644 --- a/lisp/erc/erc.el +++ b/lisp/erc/erc.el @@ -3321,6 +3321,18 @@ the idle time of that user." t)) (defalias 'erc-cmd-WI #'erc-cmd-WHOIS) +(defun erc-cmd-WII (nick) + "Display whois information for NICK, including idle time. + +This is a convenience function which calls `erc-cmd-WHOIS' with +the given NICK for both arguments. Using NICK in place of the +server argument -- effectively delegating to the IRC network the +looking up of the server to which NICK is connected -- is not +standardized, but is widely supported across IRC networks. + +See `erc-cmd-WHOIS' for more details." + (erc-cmd-WHOIS nick nick)) + (defun erc-cmd-WHOAMI () "Display whois information about yourself." (erc-cmd-WHOIS (erc-current-nick)) |