Problems with Eggdrop and extended characters. (utf-8)

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:35 am

Hi!

One of my linux-boxes was recently upgraded from Fedora Core 1 to Core 2. I had to build a new eggdrop from source, and installed eggdrop1.6.17. I copied the eggdrop-executeable and modules to my old directory, overwriting the old files. The bot started up as normal, but failed to join my channel. The channelname has the norwegian character "ø" in it's name, but this was replaced by an "Ã". This is an old problem, one I've come across before. But I've forgotten how it was solved...

The TCL version is 8.4.5-7, on a Fedora Core 2 box.

Any input is appreciated, thanx!

demond · Post by **demond** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:06 pm

set your console +v and inspect the content of bot's JOIN msg; this might give some hint of what's happening - whether your bot tries to join that channel at all

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:44 pm

The bot does everything it's supposed to do. It joins the correct channel, but with an "Ã" instead of the "ø" in the channelname.

demond · Post by **demond** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:20 pm

include this in your config before loading module channels:

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proc u2a {s} {
    set res ""
    foreach i [split $s ""] {
        scan $i %c c
        if {$c<128} {append res $i} else {append res \\u[format %04.4X $c]}
    }
    set res
 } ;#RS

it converts norvegian chars in strings to \u-escaped ASCII

then specify your channel names (in the config or .chan file) as [u2a #yournorgechannel]

greenbear · Post by **greenbear** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:52 pm

or you could just fix the encoding on the box your bot is running from.

demond · Post by **demond** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:08 am

gb wrote:or you could just fix the encoding on the box your bot is running from.

I don't believe that would help... but I may be wrong

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:11 am

Yes! Encoding is a step in the right direction.. If I remember correctly, this was resolved using a few simple commands, probably SET & EXPORT? However, I can't remember what it was. I've compared to another Fedora box and can't find out what I need to change from what I read off the "set" command. Any further input?

demond · Post by **demond** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:22 am

did you try that u2a proc?

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:19 pm

No. I'd like this problem fixed, instead of making a half-good TCL workaround.

demond · Post by **demond** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:07 pm

if it works for your bot wouldn't it be full-good or am I missing something here?

demond · Post by **demond** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:40 pm

anyway

try export LANG=no, nn_NO, nb_NO, or whatever norvegian locales you happen to have on your system