[Pidgin] #2132: Hebrew (utf-8) away messages not displayed correctly

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#2132: Hebrew (utf-8) away messages not displayed correctly
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  Reporter:  DToNAToR      |       Owner:                                
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                           
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                                
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.2                         
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  Hebrew gibberish away messages
   Pending:  1             |  
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Changes (by datallah):

  * pending:  0 => 1

Comment:

 Why do you think the away message is UTF-8?

 Which client are these people using?

 The problem is that ICQ basically sucks - it doesn't specify which
 encoding anything is using.  The way that the code should be working is to
 use the encoding in the account settings and if that doesn't work, fall
 back to UTF-8.  I guess the that the decoding with CP1255 isn't failing
 (even though it produces gibberish).

 You could switch the Encoding to UTF-8, but that would cause problems with
 other buddies that send info in CP1255 - there really isn't a good
 solution to ICQ's brokenness.

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