Forums Bug Reports mirc 7.0 beta - unicode names in nicklist/chat

File version 7.0.0.0
date modified 02/04/2010 18:24

I downloaded this today. unicode names do not seem to work at all
eg.

epsy of Armegatron Advanced uses ε (greek epsilon) as his nick, in xchat and some other clients it displays correctly as ε,
in mirc 6.35 and 7.0 beta it displays as: \u03b5

Also when attempting to set a nick with a unicode character as a mirc user, mirc returns that it is invalid.

Thanks for the bug report, unfortunately I have not been able to reproduce this issue here. When I /echo that character, it displays correctly in mIRC. This is probably related to the recent discussion on Unicode fonts.

As for using Unicode in nicknames, I am also unable to use that character in a nickname. When I try to do so, mIRC sends the correct UTF-8 representation of that character:

-> efnet.xs4all.nl NICK :hεllo
<- :efnet.xs4all.nl 432 arnie h&#206;&#181;llo :Erroneous Nickname

The server replies with an error message indicating that those characters are not allowed in a nickname. Is that the message you are seeing?

Most servers allow different sets of characters for nicknames and channel names. If I try to use the same character in a channel name and join channel #h&#949;llo it works fine.

aaaah, I'm sorry for wasting your time
it was indeed on a different network.