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To get UTF-8 working properly with mIRC, you need at least version 6.17 of mIRC, which you can get here: http://www.mirc.com/get.html. Non-windows users are assumed to have been using clients with proper encoding support for years already. If you want a guide for irssi, we have one here: [[Utf8/irssi]]. | To get UTF-8 working properly with mIRC, you need at least version 6.17 of mIRC, which you can get here: http://www.mirc.com/get.html. Non-windows users are assumed to have been using clients with proper encoding support for years already. If you want a guide for irssi, we have one here: [[Utf8/irssi]]. | ||
However, mIRC will not display and encode text in UTF-8 by default, you need to change a couple of settings first. There are two places you need to change the settings in: the "'''<tt>mIRC Options</tt>'''" | However, mIRC will not display and encode text in UTF-8 by default, you need to change a couple of settings first. There are two places you need to change the settings in: the "'''<tt>mIRC Options</tt>'''" dialogue and the "'''<tt>Select Font</tt>'''" dialogue. | ||
[[Image:Mirc-options-irc-messages.png|thumb|mIRC Options | [[Image:Mirc-options-irc-messages.png|thumb|mIRC Options dialogue - IRC - Messages section.]] | ||
== Options == | == Options == | ||
To reach the options | To reach the options dialogue, you can press "<tt>Alt+O</tt>" in any window in mIRC, or you can go to it via either the "<tt>View ⇒ Options...</tt>", or the "<tt>Tools ⇒ Options...</tt>" menus. | ||
Once you have reached the options | Once you have reached the options dialogue, you need to go to the '''IRC ⇒ Messages''' section via the category list on the left-hand side of the options dialogue. | ||
=== What needs to be changed === | === What needs to be changed === | ||
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[[Image:Mirc-font-dialog.png|thumb|mIRC Channel Fonts dialog]] | [[Image:Mirc-font-dialog.png|thumb|mIRC Channel Fonts dialog]] | ||
== Fonts == | == Fonts == | ||
The fonts | The fonts dialogue works in a fairly odd way. You can set a specific font for each window you have open, and you can also set a default font to use for every window that does not have a specific font set. You also ''need to set the default font differently'' for '''channels''' and '''private messages''', as well as '''status windows and other windows'''. In order to get to the fonts dialogue for an active window, you can use the "<tt>View ⇒ Font...</tt>" menu, or the "<tt>System menu ⇒ Font...</tt>" (<small>to reach the system menu, you can click on the window-icon that you normally double-click in order to close a window. Or you can use the "<tt>Alt+-</tt>" hotkey</small>). | ||
=== What needs to be changed === | === What needs to be changed === | ||
Once you've reached the font | Once you've reached the font dialogue, you need to change the following things: | ||
*The "'''<tt>UTF-8:</tt>'''" section to "'''<tt>Display and encode</tt>'''". | *The "'''<tt>UTF-8:</tt>'''" section to "'''<tt>Display and encode</tt>'''". | ||
*If you want to set this as the default setting for windows whose options you have not set (recommended), '''check''' the "'''<tt>Set as default channel font</tt>'''" setting. <small>(Assuming you're changing the option for a channel window. If you're changing it for a private message window, the setting is called "'''<tt>Set as default chat font</tt>'''".)</small> | *If you want to set this as the default setting for windows whose options you have not set (recommended), '''check''' the "'''<tt>Set as default channel font</tt>'''" setting. <small>(Assuming you're changing the option for a channel window. If you're changing it for a private message window, the setting is called "'''<tt>Set as default chat font</tt>'''".)</small> | ||
It is also recommended that you use a font that can actually display | It is also recommended that you use a font that can actually display Unicode characters. | ||
== Troubleshooting == | == Troubleshooting == | ||
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:* [http://saber.kawaii-shoujo.net/Various/ARIALUNI.TTF Arial Unicode MS] - '''Warning: this is a 22MB download!''' (courtesy of DeathWolf) | :* [http://saber.kawaii-shoujo.net/Various/ARIALUNI.TTF Arial Unicode MS] - '''Warning: this is a 22MB download!''' (courtesy of DeathWolf) | ||
:* [http://kosmos.kawaii-shoujo.net/MS-UIGothic.ttf MS UI Gothic] - Note: this is a 7.8MB download. (courtesy of DeathWolf) | :* [http://kosmos.kawaii-shoujo.net/MS-UIGothic.ttf MS UI Gothic] - Note: this is a 7.8MB download. (courtesy of DeathWolf) | ||
:* [http://irc.server.md/fixedsys.zip Fixedsys Excelsior] - A monospace font based on the standard | :* [http://irc.server.md/fixedsys.zip Fixedsys Excelsior] - A monospace font based on the standard Latin windows Fixedsys font, with wide support for different Unicode ranges. Only 100kb download. | ||
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