man(1)
π NAME
/autoping β the Profanity /autoping command, bestie. It lives inside the Profanity XMPP client, and we're about to make it your whole personality. π
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
Okay so listen. /autoping sets the interval between sending ping requests to the server, so your connection stays kept alive. That's it. That's the vibe. Your client is basically texting the server "u up? π" on a lil timer so the two of you don't drift apart. no cap. π¦
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
/autoping set <seconds>
/autoping timeout <seconds>
π ARGUMENTS π
set <seconds>β how many seconds go by between each ping, fr fr. And lowkey important: a value of0disables autoping entirely. Zero means the pings justβ¦ stop. Silent treatment energy. πtimeout <seconds>β the seconds you wait for autoping responses before the connection is considered broken. So yeah, if the server ghosts you for that long, it's over. π
bestie protect your timeout value like it's your last brain cell β cross it and the connection gets declared broken. π«Ά
and that's the whole page, you ate it, periodt π
this absolute gem of a page is from Profanity XMPP client, version 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08 β shoutout to the manual section man(1), iconic behavior, mwah πβπ
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