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==Displaying UTF-8== | ==Displaying UTF-8== | ||
In order to display UTF-8 properly, there are a few settings in the options you need to set. They are located under IRC | In order to display UTF-8 properly, there are a few settings in the options you need to set. They are located under <tt>IRC → Messages</tt>, and they are called "<tt>UTF-<u>8</u> display</tt>", "<tt><u>M</u>ultibyte display</tt>" and "<tt>Multibyte <u>e</u>ditbox</tt>". Make sure they are checked. Also you need to make sure that the "<tt><u>S</u>JIS/JIS conversion</tt>" option is unchecked, as this is not ASCII 7-bit compatible. Then press the OK button, and presto, you can now see UTF-8! | ||
{{eyecatch|Note:|However you can not send text to others using UTF-8 by just doing this! (see below)}} | {{eyecatch|Note:|However you can not send text to others using UTF-8 by just doing this! (see below)}} | ||
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==Sending text with UTF-8== | ==Sending text with UTF-8== | ||
When it comes to sending text with UTF-8, mIRC is a bit ... odd. You need to consider if every channel you will be sending text to will have UTF-8 enabled clients. (''Note that most clients except mIRC have been UTF-8 enabled for years.'') | When it comes to sending text with UTF-8, mIRC is a bit ... odd. You need to consider if every channel you will be sending text to will have UTF-8 enabled clients. (''Note that most clients except mIRC have been UTF-8 enabled for years.'') Also, you need to '''make sure you have the Multibyte options set''' from the ''Displaying UTF-8'' section: "<tt>Multibyte display</tt>" and "<tt>Multibyte editbox</tt>" in ''Options dialog'' under <tt>IRC → Messages</tt>. | ||
* Go to the font window for any channel. | * Go to the font window for any channel. | ||
*#Located either under View | *#Located either under <tt>View → Fonts...</tt> | ||
*#or under System-menu | *#or under <tt>System-menu → Fonts...</tt> (Note: the system-menu is located in the button in the top left hand corner of a window, i.e. the button you usually double-click to close a window.) | ||
* In the UTF-8 list, you should select "'''Display and encode'''" in order to send text as UTF-8. {{eyecatch|IMPORTANT:|THIS IS NOT SET BY DEFAULT!<br>'''YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS!'''<br><small>The reason is probably so it won't break compatibility with earlier versions of mIRC.</small>}} | * In the UTF-8 list, you should select "'''<tt>Display and encode</tt>'''" in order to send text as UTF-8. {{eyecatch|IMPORTANT:|THIS IS NOT SET BY DEFAULT!<br>'''YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS!'''<br><small>The reason is probably so it won't break compatibility with earlier versions of mIRC.</small>}} | ||
* If you want to send text as UTF-8 in every channel you should select the checkbox marked "Set as <u>d</u>efault channel font". | * If you want to send text as UTF-8 in every channel you should select the checkbox marked "Set as <u>d</u>efault channel font". | ||
* Then click the "OK" button. | * Then click the "OK" button. | ||