Forums Bug Reports Confusion Log Bug

Hi, this is the problem.
My network is IRCNET and this network support Special Characters as name of channel:
(*,:,Underline,&,+,ecc...)

Well, when i open 2 channels (with special characters) they are log into the same file.

Esample:


Log file into Logs Directory:
Name of File: #tenerezza__tis_.IRCnet
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Session Start: Sun May 22 18:38:53 2005
Session Ident: #tenerezzatis
14[096:38:53pm14] 14• 14You have joined09 #tenerezzatis
14[096:38:53pm14] 14• Modes in #tenerezzatis: +

Session Start: Sun May 22 18:39:00 2005
Session Ident: #tenerezza:*tis*
14[096:39:00pm14] 14• 14You have joined09 #tenerezza:*tis*
14[096:39:00pm14] 14• Topic is: '3,3.0,0.4,4.0,1 4 B E N V E N U T I www.TENEREZZA.IRCQ.IT Iscriviti anche tu ^_^ 3,3.0,0.4,4.0,105'
14[096:39:00pm14] 14• Set by: ^H^7^25^!~H_7_25@host81-40.pool8174.interbusiness.it on Tue May 17 02:07:46 2005
14[096:39:00pm14] 14• Modes in #tenerezza:*tis*: +tn

That's probably because Windows has limits on what can be included in a file name. Nothing mIRC can do about that, unlike the other log/buffer saving problem that I've reported (more than once).

You'll notice the same thing in query saves, too. If the person's nick is HelloThere^^ and you save the log, mIRC in the filename popup changes the ^ to _

I don't see anything mIRC can do about that by default at least in the current form. Perhaps some kind of warning could be added if characters in the given filename were changed to meet Windows standards. It wouldn't KNOW that you'd have a same-file-name problem, but at least with a warning, you could check for it yourself.

You can give it a different file name when you do a manual save, so if you used Save and Log As.. (instead of just checking the Logging option) and gave it a unique file name - even if it doesn't include all your special characters - at least it would keep your files separate.

That is, if it keeps the file name you give it for the continuing logging too, and doesn't just use it for the one-time save and then revert to the channel name for the logging file. I haven't tested that.