Notify

The former C built-in notify command and notify() function are removed. For the current nickname-watch command, see the notify script:

/load notify
/notify alice
/notify -alice

The script defines /notify as a wrapper around the current server's MONITOR facility. It checks advertised support and has no ISON polling or WATCH fallback. Its watch list belongs to that server connection; server limits and replies determine the result. See the script page for list clearing, status requests, and the mixed add/remove limitation.

The script's $notify(...) function-call branch is an unfinished stub: it returns without supplying a value and performs no monitoring request. It does not restore the old function's list-query results. Existing scripts that call it must be updated rather than interpreting its empty result as a complete online/offline list.

Related meanings:

• window notify controls activity messages for hidden windows; it is unrelated to nickname presence.
• notifywindows reports windows with their notified flag set.
• set notify and notify_interval describe removed built-in polling settings, not controls for the MONITOR script.

Source references

• script/notify: MONITOR aliases, numeric display hooks, and unfinished function branch.
• source/commands.c and source/functions.c: current registries lack the former built-in notify interfaces.
• source/window.c and source/screen.c: independent window notification state.
• KNOWNBUGS: retirement of the old subsystem and introduction of the script replacement.