x0x wrote:The problem is that I need to stick with TCL 8.5 for now (long story).
Is there another way to fix this?
Yes, but it is, rather.. a hack, messy, and possibly can cause problems.. This method is only when there is no other way. This is a crude-hack and can cause problems rather than solve them.
But.. to apply this "hack" requires two steps:
1) Add the code below to the top(top is exactly what you think it is) of your eggdrop.conf:
EDIT: Regarding UTF-8 translations, I found 2 more common ones to add to the list, to handle – dashes and ’ quotes. I've added it in between &Dagger and &euro, see below and remove the " quotes around those 2 lines. I had to add the " quotes otherwise the code would be replaced with the actual characters.