Don't forget that there are other clients out there that do not support unicode at all. Having that as the default option isn't a good idea, imo. When you know you want to use it, then you know that you need to change settings (even if you don't know which ones). However, for everyone who doesn't need unicode, they are less likely to know that they need to change anything to make it show properly for others.

If it's troublesome explaining how to set it up correctly in your channel(s), then use a script to explain it through /msg, /notice, or even /dcc send'ing a file. You can have an on join message telling people to type !unicode or whatever the first time they join in order to get set up correctly. It's automated that way.

I think that leaving it off is a good idea until the majority of clients work with unicode and most people are using the latest versions.


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