## various notes/documents about some common problems known in
## amnesiac/epic.


## ansi/ibm437 hardcoding fonts/ugly looking etc..
-this is not a bug per se, it's just how the font handles ansi codes. 
 i do not know what fonts really support them, these are some of the
 things you can try if your theme/colors/ansi etc.. in the client looks
 screwed up, also for european/non western languages users. there is a
 /latin1 alias which should fix your terminal to fix your native language
 characters however you cannot use an ansi theme (in most cases)
 best to use the vanilla or epic theme. for non-western language encodings.
 /ibm437 will try and enable ansi-like encodings on your terminal/putty/
 xterm/whatever. it is best to have a font that supports this, one such
 font i do know that supports it for rxvt/aterm/etc.. is the vga11x19
 font, most people do not like this font as this is huge on small screens
 ie; 1024x768 or 15" or less monitors, it can be grabbed from 
 http://amnesiac.ircii.org/misc/
 there are also some other fonts in there as well which may or may not work.

## terminfo/termcap info.
-terminfo/termcap issues on FreeBSD not sure about DragonFly... possible fix
 ln -s /usr/compat/linux/usr/share/terminfo /usr/share/misc 
 and cross your fingers? - help from |Rain| (naturally i presume this
 requires the linux-compat libs installed.)

## multiserver in amnesiac.
-there has been some improvements since 1.1 release
 it's been tested and known to work, major complaints are no mjoin for
 multiple servers, and no auto-reconnect(there is but highly not recommended)
 and no auto_rejoin_on_connect.

## output_rewrite formatting changes.
-There are times i have came across people requesting indenting on long txt
 from someone and others who want's it at beginning of next line, to adjust
 the value for your choice of poison.

## indenting output. (output_rewrite) info.
[sample long txt output] <-- this sample is non-default
17:24:16|<@crapple> i wonder if i should test out the aggressive states on
                    nocturnal

[sample long txt output with wrapping to beginning of line] <-- default.
17:24:16|<@crapple> i wonder if i should test out the aggressive states on
nocturnal
note: this will also wrap other formats as well ie: private msg.
/set indent on if you wish to go back to the old behavior.
indenting has been added on a per window basis into the latest epic5
one can now script or use /window indent on/off/toggle to use indenting on
a window basis, ie; opervision keep in mind /set indent is global and will
wipe out any indenting you may have set via /window indent

## end output_rewrite formatting note.

## putty/other terminals etc..
in putty make sure you have a proper font, usually i use lucida console
however i have heard some complaints it will still not display ansi properly
even if one selects ansi/oem modes and set font translation character set to
'use font encoding' in that case try the terminal font. if all else fails
one can try /fixterm and or /latin1

//crapple
//zak@ircii.org
