[Pidgin] #2306: Use UTF-8 as Yahoo encoding

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#2306: Use UTF-8 as Yahoo encoding
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 Reporter:  hdh            |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new            |   Priority:  minor      
Component:  libpurple      |    Version:  2.0.2      
 Keywords:  yahoo unicode  |    Pending:  0          
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 When we use UTF-8 as encoding for Yahoo accounts, the status message can
 be in any language with suitable fonts available. I propose using UTF-8 as
 default encoding for Yahoo prpl. This will give Pidgin an edge over the
 official Y!M.

 One drawback of this is that normally, characters outside of ISO-8859-1
 aren't sent out to other buddies at all, but replaced with question marks.
 With UTF-8 encoding, other Pidgin clients which also set encoding to UTF-8
 can see these characters, but Y!M see garbled text. I don't have any idea
 how Kopete, Trillian, MirandaIM and other clients may deal with this.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2306>
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