AdiIRC

Starting in 2026/04/27, when using Ctrl-K and selecting a colour, a unicode ETX character is generated (U+2403) instead of the ASCII 0x03 ETX and the colour code isn't able to be parsed.

Repro:¶

1. Start AdiIRC
2. Dismiss Quick Connect window or connect to a server
3. Stay in any window (status, channel window, etc.)
4. Type /echo -ag (include trailing space)
5. Press Ctrl-K to bring up the colour selection window
6. Choose a colour or type a number (ex. 4 or 04)
7. Type test immediately following the number
8. You should now have similar to /echo -ag ␃4test, press enter
9. The text will appear as ␃4test in the window
10. Type //echo -ag $chr(3) $+ 4test to generate the expected ETX ASCII character
11. test should appear in (red) colour as expected

Screenshot:¶

Left: version 2026/04/27
Right: version 2023/10/29

Additionally, if you connect to a server and send to someone else, as expected, the U+2403 character will be sent, and the colour code won't be able to be parsed by other users.