Synopsis:
   set translation [<character set>]

Description:
   This setting defines the character set for the client to use for text
   input and display.  The client default is ASCII, a 7-bit set that is
   available on nearly every known platform and terminal emulation.

   ASCII is a subset of the 8-bit Latin-1 character set, which is among
   the most widely used character sets in the world.  It is standard under
   numerous computing environments, including the MIT X Window System, MS
   Windows, AmigaDOS, as well as modern ANSI terminals, such as Digital's
   VT series and MS Kermit.

   Not all environments support, or are conducive to, this default.  Some
   users must use dated equipment that cannot display 8-bit clean text,
   while others use a written language that is not consistent with the
   Western-oriented Latin-1 set.  IrcII-EPIC supports numerous specialized
   character sets:

     Character Set      Bit   Description                                 
     cp437               8    Old IBM PC (MS DOS), Atari ST
     cp850               8    New IBM PC (PC DOS), IBM PS/2
     dec_mcs             8    DEC Multinational Character Set; VAX/VMS,
                              | DEC 8-bit terminals (vt320, etc.); Latin_1
                              | generally preferred
     dg_mcs              8    Data General Multinational Character Set
     hp_mcs              8    Hewlett-Packard Extended Roman 8
     latin_1             8    ISO 8859/1; defacto standard
     macintosh           8    Apple Macintosh
     next                8    NeXT, NeXTStep environments
     ascii               7    American, ANSI ASCII, ISO Reg.006; this is
                              | the only one hardcoded into the client,
                              | should work if all else fails; DEFAULT
     danish              7    Norwegian and Danish
     dutch               7    Dutch
     finnish             7    Finnish
     french              7    French, ISO Reg.025
     french_canadian     7    French in Canada
     german              7    German, ISO Reg.025
     irv                 7    International Reference Version, ISO Reg.002;
                              | for use in strict ISO 646 environments
     italian             7    Italian, ISO Reg.015
     jis                 7    Japanese, JIS ASCII, ISO Reg.014; Japanese
                              | ASCII hybrid
     norwegian_1         7    Norwegian, ISO Reg.060 (version 1)
     norwegian_2         7    Norwegian, ISO Reg.061 (version 2)
     portugese           7    Portugese, ISO Reg.016
     portugese_com       7    Portugese on DEC terminals
     spanish             7    Spanish, ISO Reg.017
     spanish_com         7    Spanish on DEC terminals
     swedish             7    Swedish, ISO Reg.010
     swedish_names       7    Swedish, ISO Reg.011 (for names)
     swedish_names_com   7    Sewdish on DEC terminals (for names)
     swiss               7    Swiss
     united_kingdom      7    United Kingdom, ISO Reg.004
     united_kingdom_com  7    United Kingdom on DEC and HP terminals

   Only support for ASCII is hardcoded into the client.  The remaining
   character sets are defined in external files in the client's library.
   These are usually installed with the client, though not always.  If all
   else fails, ASCII is generic enough to suffice in most environments.

See Also:
   digraph(4); set(4) eight_bit_characters

Other Notes:
   The ircII translation tables are maintained by tomten@solace.hsh.se
   (Tomten on irc).