From fc503a1093f3d971e1bc2082122031a0761bd9ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "B. Watson" <urchlay@slackware.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:37:33 -0400
Subject: On disconnect or connect fail, sleep between retries, incremental
 backoff timer.

---
 src/cmd.c  |  1 +
 src/irc.c  |  4 ++--
 src/irc.h  |  1 +
 src/main.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd.c b/src/cmd.c
index 767809d..6c17a30 100644
--- a/src/cmd.c
+++ b/src/cmd.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ static void do_j(void) {
 }
 
 static void do_quit(void) {
+	reconnect_timeout = 0; /* do not reconnect on /quit */
 	txbuf_set_str("QUIT");
 	if(arg1)
 		txbuf_append_str2(" :", arg1);
diff --git a/src/irc.c b/src/irc.c
index 95ab584..9f8118f 100644
--- a/src/irc.c
+++ b/src/irc.c
@@ -628,15 +628,15 @@ int irc_read(void) {
 	err = nstatus(conf->url);
 
 	if(err != 1) {
+		scr_display(SCR_SERVER);
 		regged = 0;
 		if(err == 136) {
 			scr_print_current("Disconnected");
 		} else {
 			print_errnum();
 		}
-		scr_print_current(", press any key...\n");
+		scr_eol_current();
 		bell();
-		cgetc();
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/irc.h b/src/irc.h
index 203f4dc..14c66aa 100644
--- a/src/irc.h
+++ b/src/irc.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern unsigned short rxbuflen;
 extern unsigned char err;
 extern unsigned char trip;
 extern char hz;
+extern char reconnect_timeout;
 
 extern unsigned int txbuflen;
 extern char *tx_buf;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 59f751e..b62b456 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void *old_vprced;               // old PROCEED vector, restored on exit.
 unsigned short rxbuflen;        // RX buffer length
 unsigned int txbuflen;          // TX buffer length
 char hz; /* 50 for PAL, 60 for NSTC */
-char reconnect_timeout;
+char reconnect_timeout = 1;
 
 /* TODO: user modes (default +iw), fg/bg color... */
 
@@ -92,11 +92,10 @@ int fn_connect(void) {
 	err = nopen(conf->url, FNET_TRANSLATION);
 
 	if(err != SUCCESS) {
-		bell();
 		scr_print_current("Connection failed: ");
 		print_errnum();
 		scr_eol_current();
-		cgetc();
+		bell();
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -131,6 +130,27 @@ void init_channels(void) {
 }
 
 void reconnect_wait(void) {
+	scr_display(SCR_SERVER);
+	scr_print_current("Press a key");
+
+	/* IMO, 0xff is easier to understand than KEY_NONE, here */
+	OS.cdtmf3 = OS.ch = 0xff;
+
+	if(reconnect_timeout) {
+		OS.cdtmv3 = reconnect_timeout * hz;
+		scr_print_current(" or wait ");
+		itoa(reconnect_timeout, numbuf, 10);
+		scr_print_current(numbuf);
+		scr_print_current(" sec");
+		if(reconnect_timeout < 64)
+			reconnect_timeout <<= 1;
+	}
+	scr_print_current(" to reconnect.\n");
+
+	while(OS.cdtmf3 == 0xff && OS.ch == 0xff)
+		/* NOP */;
+
+	OS.ch = 0xff;
 }
 
 void main(void) {
@@ -152,9 +172,8 @@ void main(void) {
 	  if(fn_connect()) {
 		  irc_register();
 		  irc_loop();
-		  fn_disconnect();
-	  } else {
-		  reconnect_wait();
 	  }
+	  fn_disconnect();
+	  reconnect_wait();
   }
 }
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