If you run 
/help
you will see that "away" is in the list, and further that
/help away
tells you that
away [message]:  Set an away message, or use no message to return from being 
away.

Similarly there is a fairly extensive list of other possible commands.

Luke

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:41:27AM -0800, Jim O'Brien wrote:
> I thought you could do things like /away, /available and other commands - 
> maybe I'm wrong.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Schierer [mailto:lschi...@pidgin.im] 
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 2:19 PM
> To: Jim O'Brien
> Cc: Tres Finocchiaro; support@pidgin.im
> Subject: Re: command line parameters
> 
> Once you are in a chat window, type
> /help
> to get a list of options.
> 
> Luke
> 
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:10:02AM -0800, Jim O'Brien wrote:
> > I was referring more to when you were already connected and in a chat 
> > window.  Maybe this requires a plugin.  I will research that.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > From: Tres Finocchiaro [mailto:tres.finocchi...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 11:08 AM
> > To: Jim O'Brien
> > Cc: support@pidgin.im
> > Subject: Re: command line parameters
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > @Jim,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > For starters, please try pidgin --help
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > On Windows this may be something like:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\pidgin.exe" --help
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > - HYPERLINK 
> > "mailto:tres.finocchi...@gmail.com"tres.finocchi...@gmail.com
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Jim O'Brien <HYPERLINK 
> > "mailto:jim.obr...@oracle.com"jim.obr...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Just wondering if there is a list of useful ‘/’ command line references.   
> > It would be helpful to have all in one place.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > 
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