if logic and crude programming in away messages

[Luke++]

I'm not sure if this can be done due to the setup of AIM; however, it would be really cool if Away messages could have some sort of "inline" logic in them.
example:
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%~ (if (%n == myBoss))
%~ "Doing work";
%~ (else)
%~ "Sleeping";
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something like this would be amazing. Another exampe could be:
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%~ (if (%t <= 5))
%~ "At work";
%~ (else) /* after work */
%~ "Happy hour";
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Things could get crazy. Basic rational operators would be need for this. %~ should be used to check code, and should return some sort of string if there are syntax problems. But, if something like this were possible, things could get crazy. You could create log files everytime your away message was rendered, the possiblilites go on. Tell me what you think.

[Big-O Mark]

Something like this would definitely be pretty neat to use in away messages. Some users came up with similar ideas that would require no logic or programming on the user end, it would be all built-in to AIM+. Here are links to the threads:

Scheduled Away Messages

Buddy Specific Away Messages

[Luke++]

Those threads look good. I still think a sort of low level logic would be alittle bit more powerful. It opens up alittle more options to the user. Perphas a mix of both? The buddy specific message is alittle different than what I was refering to though. Just a thought though.
Thanks for the response.
-Luke

[Guest]

I think low level logic sounds really cool. maybe even some For loops or something. Like, if they IM you 4 times, the 5th message could be like 'I think you're becoming obsessed with me.' ooo... [thinks about the fun]

[WeRD]

This would be absolutely great. This and the tabbed im windows are what I'm looking forward to the most. There are so many possibilities with this. you could even use AND (&&) or OR (||) operands, like:

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if (%n == "BillyBob") {
     away = "Go away"; }
elseif (%n == "MyBuddy1") || (%n == "MyBuddy2") {
     away = "poopy head"; }
else {
     away = "I'm not here"; }

It could even have functionality to automatically create variables based off each of your saved away messages, like:

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if (%n == "MyBuddy1") {
     away = out1; }

...where 'out1' is a saved away message of "I'm out, leave a message."

I'm really looking forward to a feature like this.

WeRD

[timrosenfeld]

I was just doing a search for something and came across this posting and I love this idea so much. I REALLY think it should be incorporated into AIM+.