Version: (using KDE KDE 3.2.0) Installed from: Gentoo Packages Compiler: gcc 3.2.3 OS: Linux After joining channels /dishighlight is automatically switched off, i.e. highlighting is enabled: *lol* becomes lol in bold. Although /dishighlight mentions that the state will be saved, I have to /dishighlight manually each time I connect to a server. /dishighlight (disabled) should be default, since it is not documented and there is no way to disable *g* -> bold(g) substitution in ksirc's options. I also found a typo: "Hightlight parsing: Disabled" should be "Highlight parsing: Disabled" (w/o the "t")
I can confirm this. My KSIRC from CVS (at home) and in KDE 3.2.1 (at work) does this as well. I agree that the default behaviour should be "Highlight parsing: Disabled".
I'll confirm this too, ksirc 3.2.1 from the kdenetwork-3.2.1 package in Gentoo's portage tree. The default should really be too turn this off, and/or provide an option somewhere to twiddle this setting.
Created attachment 12630 [details] patch for ksirc.pl
The attached patch fixes a the bug which was preventing ~/.ksirc_highlight being read properly. I'm not a kde developer so someone else will have to take care of getting the patch applied.
Ping. This is a straightforward bug with a simple and obvious fix.
KSIRC was confirmed to be unmaintained, and its main developer is not reachable. Closing as UNMAINTAINED. I suggest all the users to try other KDE IRC client alternatives like Konversation, Aki, or the Qt-only Quassel. Regards