Thank you for the response.

I do not think I am confused. Please note in my original report: "with
Force CHARSET negotiation enabled (box NOT checked under Special
settings)," so I understand how the "Force CHARSET negotiation off"
checkbox works.

I still assert that the behavior described in the report is inconsistent
with reasonable user expectations.

If the user wants Mudlet to force CHARSET negotiation, they would do the
following:

 - select their desired CHARSET from the dropdown under General/Server data 
encoding:
 - ensure that the "Force CHARSET negotiation off" box under Special Options is 
NOT checked
 - connect to their mud

Expected behavior:

Mudlet would negotiate with the server and connect using the user-
selected encoding, if available, regardless of the order in which the
mud server presents the available options.

Experienced behavior:

Mudlet connects to the server using the first encoding offered by the
server even though the user-selected encoding was available. Mudlet
changes the selection in the Server data encoding dropdown, overriding
user input, and gives no indication to the user that the connection is
not using the user-selected CHARSET (unless the user opens  Preferences
and checks).

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1959465

Title:
  Mudlet not respecting user-selected server data encoding setting

Status in mudlet package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When connecting to MUME with Force CHARSET negotiation enabled (box
  NOT checked under Special settings), and UTF-8 selected for Server
  data encoding in general settings, encoding is changed to ISO 8859-1
  during negotiation with the server. It appears that, during this
  negotiation, the server offers several options, and Mudlet is choosing
  the first compatible option in the list (ISO 8859-1) rather than the
  user selected preference (UTF-8), which is also available.

  I was able to use UTF-8 by turning Force CHARSET negotiation off and
  manually setting UTF-8 in the MUD using the command line.

  I think the expected behavior (at least the behavior I expected) is
  that, if I have Force CHARSET negotiation on, and have chosen a
  particular encoding, Mudlet would enforce that encoding with the
  server, if it is available.

  Here are the packets that are exchanged during the negotiation:

  From Mud to MudletP:

  0000   a8 a1 59 24 c5 05 60 5f 8d 05 ba f2 08 00 45 00   ..Y$..`_......E.
  0010   00 6f d3 f7 40 00 2f 06 13 5e c1 86 da 62 c0 a8   .o..@./..^...b..
  0020   07 a2 10 92 94 32 78 00 8c b4 7c ca 98 fc 80 18   .....2x...|.....
  0030   01 fc a2 12 00 00 01 01 08 0a d7 7b b5 a4 f1 35   ...........{...5
  0040   5c a1 ff fa 18 01 ff f0 ff fa 2a 01 3b 49 53 4f   \.........*.;ISO
  0050   5f 38 38 35 39 2d 31 3a 31 39 38 37 3b 49 53 4f   _8859-1:1987;ISO
  0060   2d 38 38 35 39 2d 31 3b 55 54 46 2d 38 3b 55 53   -8859-1;UTF-8;US
  0070   2d 41 53 43 49 49 ff f0 ff fa 56 ff f0            -ASCII....V..

  Response to Mud from Mudlet:

  0000   60 5f 8d 05 ba f2 a8 a1 59 24 c5 05 08 00 45 00   `_......Y$....E.
  0010   00 57 1f 0b 40 00 40 06 b7 62 c0 a8 07 a2 c1 86   .W..@.@..b......
  0020   da 62 94 32 10 92 7c ca 98 fc 78 00 8c ef 80 18   .b.2..|...x.....
  0030   01 f5 64 7d 00 00 01 01 08 0a f1 35 5d 93 d7 7b   ..d}.......5]..{
  0040   b5 a4 ff fa 18 00 4d 75 64 6c 65 74 20 34 2e 31   ......Mudlet 4.1
  0050   34 2e 31 ff f0 ff fa 2a 02 49 53 4f 2d 38 38 35   4.1....*.ISO-885
  0060   39 2d 31 ff f0                                    9-1..

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