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Re: IRC room for translators



Once upon a time Nadim Shaikli wrote @ Sun, 16 Mar 2003 20:19:48 -0800 (PST)

> --- Anmar Oueja <anmar canada com> wrote:
> > I was wondering if we have an IRC room for the DOC people. it will help alot 
> > when you are translating since it allows you to ask questions and the right 
> > choice of words. I would appreciate it if somebody would recommend a good IRC
> > client that support arabic.
> 
> Make sure to look only for UTF-8 encoded support (in other words, don't use
> CP-1256 (windows' encoding) or any other propietary settings).  Xchat-2.0,
> as was noted earlier, seems to function properly (again, set it up to use
> UTF-8) - if you are more into low-level support try irssi (utf-8 IRC client)
> from within mlterm.
> 
If you use only UTF-8 you won't be able to join any arabic named # "if you and a windows user join the same # 
the name'll be different!"
and if anyone write in cp1256 you won't be able to read it correctly, If you write in UTF-8, he won't be able to read it too
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