commit b7690a0add0d46f952cc44ce522bb0e2e802b24c from: Alexander Barton date: Sun Feb 03 18:02:42 2013 UTC Commands.txt: Add description for the "CHARCONV" command commit - 18ecc2fd811d3419c597fc31663f3f4a0e14824b commit + b7690a0add0d46f952cc44ce522bb0e2e802b24c blob - ac77c6503b73774e694364f91a70f89a1bd6ccfe blob + 431a410affaa4d9c92cd0d1ff0d7e5e8f936cbe0 --- doc/Commands.txt +++ doc/Commands.txt @@ -83,7 +83,22 @@ Connection Handling Commands - doc/Capabilities.txt - CHARCONV - See doc/Protocol.txt + CHARCONV + . + Set client character set encoding to . + . + After receiving such a command, the server translates all message + data received from the client using the set to the + server encoding (UTF-8), and all message data which is to be sent to + the client from the server encoding (UTF-8) to . + . + This enables older clients and clients using "strange" character sets + to transparently participate in channels and direct messages to + clients using UTF-8, which should be the default today. + + References: + - + - doc/Protocol.txt - NICK NICK