Hi! Couple words about "ideal" world.
That is result of test for offline messages from Pidgin :) (both messengers uses UTF-8 encoding and Russian language, both on Mandriva 2007.1 boxes): Julia: x4;4x4;@x4;0x4;Ax4;Lx4;Bx4;5 As you see, there isn't any error messages, but string is absolutely unreadable. On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:55:57 -0500 Ethan Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > N.Novozhilov spake unto us the following wisdom: > > Pidgin 2.4.0 don't support offline messages with national codeset, > > in spite of your advertising. I test this just after installing new > > version. Offline messages on Russian seems like this: > > I'm not sure what "advertising" you're citing, but we'll see what we > can do about this. There have been quite a few fixes to ICQ offline > messaging lately, but it still requires that you configure your Pidgin > properly, and that the other user is using certain versions (I'm not > sure which) of the _official client_. If the remote user is using > Trillian, Miranda, etc., offline messaging is likely to not work, as > these clients do _not_ always behave the same as the official client. > > > respondent: ???????? ????? (There was an error receiving this > > message. Either you and 112565452 have different encodings > > selected, or 112565452 has a buggy client.) > > > > Respondent and me use UTF-8 version of messengers. > > On-line conversation are OK. > > What are "UTF-8 version of messengers"? What is your encoding set to > in the account editor for this account? What is your buddy's encoding > set to, and/or what "nationality" of messenger are they using? > > Ethan > > -- > The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws [that have no > remedy for evils]. They disarm only those who are neither inclined > nor determined to commit crimes. > -- Cesare Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishments", 1764 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Regards Nicholas A. Novozhilov, NAN6-RIPE NTR Lab System administrator _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
