Xchat away script reloaded

away_reloaded.py

#
# Away module for XChat.
#
# Author: Michal Prochowski <michal@prochowski.pl>
# Author: Ondrej Skopek <oskopek@oskopek.com>
# URL: http://github.com/mablo/xchat-scripts
#
# Copyright(c) 2012 Michal Prochowski
# Copyright(c) 2015 Ondrej Skopek
# License: MIT
#
# Installation:
#   Copy script to ~/.config/xchat2/ directory (loads by default) or load module in XChat.
#
# Usage:
#   /awayo - back
#   /awayo suffix - away with suffix added to your nick
#
# Recommended:  add hooks in Settings > Advanced > Keyboard Shortcuts
#               For example: F6 - Run Command: /awayo away
#               For example: F7 - Run Command: /awayo lunch
#               For example: F8 - Run Command: /awayo
#
# Configuration:
delimeter = '_' # delimeter to add/remove suffixes from your nick
#

__module_name__ = 'Away script'
__module_version__ = '0.4'
__module_description__ = 'Away module'

import xchat

def is_away():
    return None != xchat.get_info('away')

def find_nick_base(nickname):
    delimeter_index = nickname.find(delimeter)
    if delimeter_index == -1:
        return nickname
    else:
        return nickname[0:delimeter_index]

def awayo(word, wordEol, userData):
    nickname = xchat.get_info('nick')
    base_nick = find_nick_base(nickname)
    if len(word) == 1:
        if is_away():
            xchat.command('BACK')
        if nickname != base_nick:
            xchat.command('NICK ' + base_nick)
        xchat.prnt('Back: ' + base_nick)
    elif len(word) == 2:
        reason = word[1]
        future_nick = base_nick + delimeter + reason
        if is_away():
            if xchat.get_info('away') != reason:
                xchat.command('AWAY ' + reason)
        else:
            xchat.command('AWAY ' + reason)
        if nickname != future_nick:
            xchat.command('NICK ' + future_nick)
        xchat.prnt('Away: ' + future_nick)
    else:
        xchat.prnt('Invalid syntax: ' + wordEol[0])
    return xchat.EAT_ALL

xchat.hook_command('awayo', awayo)

Thanks for this script. I was really helpful when I was using xchat. I wish there was something similar for weechat