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<meta name="description" content="Why to not use other charsets than UTF-8 in IRC and how to do it." />
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<meta name="keywords" content="IRC,UTF-8,charset,Unicode,XChat,HexChat,irssi,WeeChat," />
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<meta name="author" content="Mikaela Suomalainen" />
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://mkaysi.github.io/pages/external/irc-utf-8.html">
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<title>UTF-8 in IRC</title>
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## Why to use UTF-8
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* The characters that you send are visible to everyone.
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* There is no unclearity what you say.
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* Example:
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* *sain t?it?*
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* This can be understood two ways:
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* *sain täitä*
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* *I got louses*
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* *sain töitä*
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* *I got work*
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* All of the characters that you need are in it.
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TODO: add other reasons.
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### Why to disable fallback.
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* You know when people aren't sending UTF-8.
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* You can tell them it.
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* You can take action to their misbehavour.
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* You aren't supporting depracated (by UTF-8) charsets.
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TODO: add other reasons.
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## How to use UTF-8.
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### HexChat
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UTF-8 is used by default, but if your configuration is migrated from XChat
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you might not be using it.
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Open HexChat and there Network List (CTRL + S or search from the File
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menu.
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Edit network and ensure that the Character set says **UTF-8 (Unicode).**
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"IRC (Latin/Unicode hybrid)" **is not valid UTF-8** and **mustn't be
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used!**
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### irssi
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I have copied these instructions from [Kapsi's "Irssi ja UTF-8" guide](http://www.kapsi.fi/ohjeet/irssi-utf8.html)
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so these are untested and I wish someone will verify me that these work.
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```
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/set term_charset UTF-8
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/set recode_out_default_charset UTF-8
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/set recode_fallback ""
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/save
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```
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1. Sets terminal charset.
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2. Sets outgoing charset as UTF-8.
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3. Disables fallback when received messages aren't UTF-8.
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4. Saves irssi config.
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### WeeChat
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```
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/set charset.default.decode ""
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/set charset.default.encode "UTF-8"
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/save
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```
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1. Stops decoding/fallbacking to other charsets than what we send.
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2. Send UTF-8.
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3. Saves WeeChat config files.
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### XChat
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**XChat defaults to weird charset that claims to be UTF-8 and confuses
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users as in reality it's not UTF-8!**
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Open server list from the file menu or press
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CTRL + S, edit network and select the network. Ensure that the charset
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says **UTF-8 (Unicode)**.
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2014-07-14 09:31:40 +02:00
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<script>
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var idcomments_acct = '2405e74b7c1c8062b1b2ea830f1a8bd0';
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var idcomments_post_id;
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var idcomments_post_url;
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</script>
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<span id="IDCommentsPostTitle" style="display:none"></span>
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