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== mIRC 7.x == | |||
mIRC 7.x has native Unicode support. If you upgrade, you should have no longer have any problems whatsoever with UTF-8. | |||
== mIRC 6.x == | |||
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]]. | ||
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[[Image:Mirc-options-irc-messages.png|thumb|mIRC Options dialogue - IRC - Messages section.]] | [[Image:Mirc-options-irc-messages.png|thumb|mIRC Options dialogue - IRC - Messages section.]] | ||
== Options == | === 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. | 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 dialogue, you need to go to the '''IRC ⇒ Messages''' section via the category list on the left-hand side of the options dialogue. | 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 ==== | ||
In there, you need to make sure that these to options are '''checked''': | In there, you need to make sure that these to options are '''checked''': | ||
*'''<tt>UTF-<u>8</u> display</tt>''' | *'''<tt>UTF-<u>8</u> display</tt>''' | ||
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[[Image:Mirc-font-dialog.png|thumb|mIRC Channel Fonts dialogue]] | [[Image:Mirc-font-dialog.png|thumb|mIRC Channel Fonts dialogue]] | ||
== Fonts == | === 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, the "<tt>System menu ⇒ Font...</tt>" or the /font command. {{small90|(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.)}} | 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, the "<tt>System menu ⇒ Font...</tt>" or the /font command. {{small90|(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.)}} | ||
=== What needs to be changed === | ==== What needs to be changed ==== | ||
Once you've reached the font dialogue, you need to change the following things: | Once you've reached the font dialogue, you need to change the following things: | ||
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It is also recommended that you use a font that can actually display Unicode characters. | It is also recommended that you use a font that can actually display Unicode characters. | ||
== Troubleshooting == | === Troubleshooting === | ||
'''Q:''' I have changed all of these settings but I still get strange symbols or empty boxes when someone sends UTF-8 encoded text to me! | '''Q:''' I have changed all of these settings but I still get strange symbols or empty boxes when someone sends UTF-8 encoded text to me! | ||
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{{eyecatchLight|2|Note|This is a '''7.8MB''' download. (courtesy of DeathWolf)}} | {{eyecatchLight|2|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 Latin windows Fixedsys font, with wide support for different Unicode ranges. Only 100kb download. | :* [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. | ||
'''Q:''' How can I fix other problems like characters not in system codepage being sent as ? marks, or logs/dcc file names being scrambled? | '''Q:''' How can I fix other problems like characters not in system codepage being sent as ? marks, or logs/dcc file names being scrambled? | ||