From d80c8e9e575239553719b4991b40e2dca6e6478e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:37:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed bug with strings comparison (str[n]casecmp) and some
 locales (like turkish), now using ASCII comparison

---
 ChangeLog                               |   4 +-
 po/fr.po                                |   4 +-
 src/common/command.c                    | 102 ++++++++++-----------
 src/common/completion.c                 | 116 ++++++++++++------------
 src/common/weechat.c                    |  76 +++++++++++++++-
 src/common/weechat.h                    |   2 +
 src/common/weeconfig.c                  |  52 +++++------
 src/common/weelist.c                    |   4 +-
 src/gui/curses/gui-display.c            |   4 +-
 src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c               |   4 +-
 src/gui/gui-keyboard.c                  |  18 ++--
 src/irc/irc-channel.c                   |   2 +-
 src/irc/irc-nick.c                      |  13 ++-
 src/irc/irc-recv.c                      |  12 +--
 src/irc/irc-send.c                      |   4 +-
 src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c             |  36 ++++----
 src/plugins/plugins.c                   |   6 +-
 src/plugins/python/wee-python.c         |  18 ++--
 src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c             |  18 ++--
 weechat/ChangeLog                       |   4 +-
 weechat/po/fr.po                        |   4 +-
 weechat/src/common/command.c            | 102 ++++++++++-----------
 weechat/src/common/completion.c         | 116 ++++++++++++------------
 weechat/src/common/weechat.c            |  76 +++++++++++++++-
 weechat/src/common/weechat.h            |   2 +
 weechat/src/common/weeconfig.c          |  52 +++++------
 weechat/src/common/weelist.c            |   4 +-
 weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c    |   4 +-
 weechat/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c       |   4 +-
 weechat/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c          |  18 ++--
 weechat/src/irc/irc-channel.c           |   2 +-
 weechat/src/irc/irc-nick.c              |  13 ++-
 weechat/src/irc/irc-recv.c              |  12 +--
 weechat/src/irc/irc-send.c              |   4 +-
 weechat/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c     |  36 ++++----
 weechat/src/plugins/plugins.c           |   6 +-
 weechat/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c |  18 ++--
 weechat/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c     |  18 ++--
 38 files changed, 570 insertions(+), 420 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cbd894b76..71729de09 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 WeeChat - Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat
 ===========================================
 
-ChangeLog - 2005-09-02
+ChangeLog - 2005-09-03
 
 
 Version 0.1.5 (under dev!):
+   * fixed bug with strings comparison (str[n]casecmp) and some locales
+     (like turkish), now using ASCII comparison (thanks to roktas)
    * signal SIGQUIT is now ignored
    * fixed refresh bug when one line is bigger than screen size
    * fixed look_nicklist_min_size and look_nicklist_max_size options
diff --git a/po/fr.po b/po/fr.po
index 677ab91cd..2bd279e77 100644
--- a/po/fr.po
+++ b/po/fr.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: WeeChat 0.1.5-cvs\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: flashcode@flashtux.org\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2005-08-21 14:31+0200\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2005-08-21 14:31+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2005-09-03 13:24+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: FlashCode <flashcode@flashtux.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: weechat-dev <weechat-dev@nongnu.org>\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -2673,7 +2673,7 @@ msgstr "%s l'alias ou la commande \"%s\" existe d
 #: src/common/command.c:282
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s alias cannot run another alias!\n"
-msgstr "%s l'alias ne peux pas lancer un autre alias !\n"
+msgstr "%s l'alias ne peut pas lancer un autre alias !\n"
 
 #: src/common/command.c:289
 #, c-format
diff --git a/src/common/command.c b/src/common/command.c
index 0835cf192..073ed2a82 100644
--- a/src/common/command.c
+++ b/src/common/command.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ alias_search (char *alias_name)
     
     for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias; ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) == 0)
             return ptr_alias;
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ alias_find_pos (char *alias_name)
     
     for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias; ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) < 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) < 0)
             return ptr_alias;
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ exec_weechat_command (t_irc_server *server, char *string)
         
         for (i = 0; weechat_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0)
             {
                 if ((argc < weechat_commands[i].min_arg)
                     || (argc > weechat_commands[i].max_arg))
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ exec_weechat_command (t_irc_server *server, char *string)
         }
         for (i = 0; irc_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if ((strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0) &&
+            if ((ascii_strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0) &&
                 ((irc_commands[i].cmd_function_args) ||
                 (irc_commands[i].cmd_function_1arg)))
             {
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ exec_weechat_command (t_irc_server *server, char *string)
         for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias;
              ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_alias->alias_name, command + 1) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_alias->alias_name, command + 1) == 0)
             {
                 if (ptr_args)
                 {
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
     char *error;
     int target_buffer;
     
-    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
+    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
     {
         /* list opened buffers */
         
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "move") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "move") == 0)
         {
             /* move buffer to another number in the list */
             
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
                 return -1;
             }
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "close") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "close") == 0)
         {
             /* close buffer (server or channel/private) */
             
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
             }
             gui_draw_buffer_status (gui_current_window->buffer, 1);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "notify") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "notify") == 0)
         {
             /* set notify level for buffer */
             
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ weechat_cmd_clear (int argc, char **argv)
 {
     if (argc == 1)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "-all") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "-all") == 0)
             gui_buffer_clear_all ();
         else
         {
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ weechat_cmd_debug (int argc, char **argv)
         return -1;
     }
     
-    if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "dump") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "dump") == 0)
     {
         wee_dump (0);
     }
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ weechat_cmd_help (int argc, char **argv)
     {
         for (i = 0; weechat_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
             {
                 gui_printf (NULL, "\n");
                 gui_printf (NULL, "[w]");
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ weechat_cmd_help (int argc, char **argv)
         }
         for (i = 0; irc_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if ((strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
+            if ((ascii_strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
                 && (irc_commands[i].cmd_function_args || irc_commands[i].cmd_function_1arg))
             {
                 gui_printf (NULL, "\n");
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ weechat_cmd_key (char *arguments)
             weechat_cmd_key_display (ptr_key, 0);
         }
     }
-    else if (strncasecmp (arguments, "unbind ", 7) == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strncasecmp (arguments, "unbind ", 7) == 0)
     {
         arguments += 7;
         while (arguments[0] == ' ')
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ weechat_cmd_key (char *arguments)
             return -1;
         }
     }
-    else if (strcasecmp (arguments, "functions") == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strcasecmp (arguments, "functions") == 0)
     {
         gui_printf (NULL, "\n");
         gui_printf (NULL, _("Internal key functions:\n"));
@@ -1431,12 +1431,12 @@ weechat_cmd_key (char *arguments)
             i++;
         }
     }
-    else if (strncasecmp (arguments, "reset", 5) == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strncasecmp (arguments, "reset", 5) == 0)
     {
         arguments += 5;
         while (arguments[0] == ' ')
             arguments++;
-        if (strcasecmp (arguments, "-yes") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (arguments, "-yes") == 0)
         {
             gui_key_free_all ();
             gui_key_init ();
@@ -1570,18 +1570,18 @@ weechat_cmd_perl (int argc, char **argv)
             
             break;
         case 1:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, "perl/autoload");
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
             {
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, NULL);
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, "perl/autoload");
             }
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, NULL);
             break;
         case 2:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
             {
                 /* load Perl script */
                 if (strstr(argv[1], DIR_SEPARATOR))
@@ -1713,18 +1713,18 @@ weechat_cmd_python (int argc, char **argv)
             
             break;
         case 1:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, "python/autoload");
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
             {
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, NULL);
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, "python/autoload");
             }
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, NULL);
             break;
         case 2:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
             {
                 /* load Python script */
                 if (strstr(argv[1], DIR_SEPARATOR))
@@ -1856,18 +1856,18 @@ weechat_cmd_ruby (int argc, char **argv)
             
             break;
         case 1:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, "ruby/autoload");
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
             {
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, NULL);
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, "ruby/autoload");
             }
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, NULL);
             break;
         case 2:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
             {
                 /* load Ruby script */
                 if (strstr(argv[1], DIR_SEPARATOR))
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "del") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "del") == 0)
         {
             if (argc < 2)
             {
@@ -2067,15 +2067,15 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
         {
             if (argv[i][0] == '-')
             {
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-auto") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-auto") == 0)
                     server.autoconnect = 1;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-noauto") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-noauto") == 0)
                     server.autoconnect = 0;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ipv6") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ipv6") == 0)
                     server.ipv6 = 1;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ssl") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ssl") == 0)
                     server.ssl = 1;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-pwd") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-pwd") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.password = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-nicks") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-nicks") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i >= (argc - 3))
                     {
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     server.nick2 = strdup (argv[++i]);
                     server.nick3 = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-username") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-username") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.username = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-realname") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-realname") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.realname = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-command") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-command") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.command = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-autojoin") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-autojoin") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ weechat_cmd_window (int argc, char **argv)
     t_gui_window *ptr_win;
     int i;
     
-    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
+    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
     {
         /* list opened windows */
         
@@ -2558,29 +2558,29 @@ weechat_cmd_window (int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "splith") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "splith") == 0)
         {
             /* split window horizontally */
             gui_window_split_horiz (gui_current_window);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "splitv") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "splitv") == 0)
         {
             /* split window vertically */
             gui_window_split_vertic (gui_current_window);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "merge") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "merge") == 0)
         {
             if (argc >= 2)
             {
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "down") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "down") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_down (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "up") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "up") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_up (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "left") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "left") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_left (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "right") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "right") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_right (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "all") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "all") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_all (gui_current_window);
                 else
                 {
@@ -2594,9 +2594,9 @@ weechat_cmd_window (int argc, char **argv)
             else
                 gui_window_merge_auto (gui_current_window);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "-1") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "-1") == 0)
             gui_switch_to_previous_window ();
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "+1") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "+1") == 0)
             gui_switch_to_next_window ();
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/common/completion.c b/src/common/completion.c
index decfad2c8..41be8e894 100644
--- a/src/common/completion.c
+++ b/src/common/completion.c
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
     /* WeeChat internal commands */
     
     /* no completion for some commands */
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "server") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "save") == 0))
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "server") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "save") == 0))
     {
         completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "alias") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "alias") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         for (ptr_list = index_commands; ptr_list; ptr_list = ptr_list->next_weelist)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "buffer") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "buffer") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "notify");
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "clear") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "clear") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "-all");
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "connect") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "disconnect") == 0))
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "connect") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "disconnect") == 0))
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             return;
         }
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "debug") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "debug") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
             weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "help") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "help") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         for (i = 0; weechat_commands[i].command_name; i++)
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "key") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "key") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             return;
         }
     }
-    if (((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "perl") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "python") == 0))
+    if (((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "perl") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "python") == 0))
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "unload");
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "set") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "set") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "unalias") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "unalias") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias; ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "window") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "window") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -397,33 +397,33 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
     /* IRC commands */
     
     /* no completion for some commands */
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "admin") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "die") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "info") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "join") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "links") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "list") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "lusers") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "motd") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "oper") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "rehash") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "restart") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "service") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "servlist") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squery") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squit") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "stats") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "summon") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "time") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "trace") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "users") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "wallops") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "who") == 0))
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "admin") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "die") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "info") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "join") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "links") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "list") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "lusers") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "motd") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "oper") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "rehash") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "restart") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "service") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "servlist") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squery") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squit") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "stats") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "summon") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "time") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "trace") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "users") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "wallops") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "who") == 0))
     {
         completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "away") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "away") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         if (cfg_irc_default_msg_away && cfg_irc_default_msg_away[0])
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                          cfg_irc_default_msg_away);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "ctcp") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "ctcp") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 2))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "version");
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "dcc") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "dcc") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "close");
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "invite") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "invite") == 0)
     {
         /* arg1: nickname */
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
@@ -486,30 +486,30 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kick") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kick") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kill") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kill") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "me") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "me") == 0)
     {
         completion->context = COMPLETION_NICK;
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "notice") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "notice") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "part") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "part") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         if (cfg_irc_default_msg_part && cfg_irc_default_msg_part[0])
@@ -518,13 +518,13 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                          cfg_irc_default_msg_part);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "query") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "query") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "quit") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "quit") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         if (cfg_irc_default_msg_quit && cfg_irc_default_msg_quit[0])
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                          cfg_irc_default_msg_quit);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "topic") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "topic") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ completion_command (t_completion *completion)
     other_completion = 0;
     for (ptr_weelist = index_commands; ptr_weelist; ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word + 1, length) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word + 1, length) == 0)
         {
             if ((!completion->word_found) || word_found_seen)
             {
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ completion_command (t_completion *completion)
                 for (ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist->next_weelist; ptr_weelist2;
                      ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist2->next_weelist)
                 {
-                    if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
+                    if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
                         completion->base_word + 1, length) == 0)
                         other_completion++;
                 }
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ completion_command (t_completion *completion)
             other_completion++;
         }
         if (completion->word_found &&
-            (strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
+            (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
             word_found_seen = 1;
     }
     if (completion->word_found)
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ completion_command_arg (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
     for (ptr_weelist = completion->completion_list; ptr_weelist;
          ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
         {
             if ((!completion->word_found) || word_found_seen)
             {
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ completion_command_arg (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
                 for (ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist->next_weelist; ptr_weelist2;
                      ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist2->next_weelist)
                 {
-                    if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
+                    if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
                         completion->base_word, length) == 0)
                         other_completion++;
                 }
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ completion_command_arg (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
             other_completion++;
         }
         if (completion->word_found &&
-            (strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
+            (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
             word_found_seen = 1;
     }
     if (completion->word_found)
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ completion_nick (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
     other_completion = 0;
     for (ptr_nick = channel->nicks; ptr_nick; ptr_nick = ptr_nick->next_nick)
     {
-        if (strncasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
         {
             if ((!completion->word_found) || word_found_seen)
             {
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ completion_nick (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
                 for (ptr_nick2 = ptr_nick->next_nick; ptr_nick2;
                      ptr_nick2 = ptr_nick2->next_nick)
                 {
-                    if (strncasecmp (ptr_nick2->nick,
+                    if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_nick2->nick,
                         completion->base_word, length) == 0)
                         other_completion++;
                 }
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ completion_nick (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
             other_completion++;
         }
         if (completion->word_found &&
-            (strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->word_found) == 0))
+            (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->word_found) == 0))
             word_found_seen = 1;
     }
     if (completion->word_found)
diff --git a/src/common/weechat.c b/src/common/weechat.c
index b8692da57..f0ed84597 100644
--- a/src/common/weechat.c
+++ b/src/common/weechat.c
@@ -83,6 +83,78 @@ gnutls_certificate_credentials gnutls_xcred;   /* gnutls client credentials */
 #endif
 
 
+/*
+ * ascii_strcasecmp: locale and case independent string comparison
+ */
+
+int
+ascii_strcasecmp (char *string1, char *string2)
+{
+    int c1, c2;
+    
+    if (!string1 || !string2)
+        return (string1) ? 1 : ((string2) ? -1 : 0);
+    
+    while (string1[0] && string2[0])
+    {
+        c1 = (int)((unsigned char) string1[0]);
+        c2 = (int)((unsigned char) string2[0]);
+        
+        if ((c1 >= 'A') && (c1 <= 'Z'))
+            c1 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c2 >= 'A') && (c2 <= 'Z'))
+            c2 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c1 - c2) != 0)
+            return c1 - c2;
+        
+        string1++;
+        string2++;
+    }
+    
+    return (string1[0]) ? 1 : ((string2[0]) ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * ascii_strncasecmp: locale and case independent string comparison
+ *                    with max length
+ */
+
+int
+ascii_strncasecmp (char *string1, char *string2, int max)
+{
+    int c1, c2, count;
+    
+    if (!string1 || !string2)
+        return (string1) ? 1 : ((string2) ? -1 : 0);
+    
+    count = 0;
+    while ((count < max) && string1[0] && string2[0])
+    {
+        c1 = (int)((unsigned char) string1[0]);
+        c2 = (int)((unsigned char) string2[0]);
+        
+        if ((c1 >= 'A') && (c1 <= 'Z'))
+            c1 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c2 >= 'A') && (c2 <= 'Z'))
+            c2 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c1 - c2) != 0)
+            return c1 - c2;
+        
+        string1++;
+        string2++;
+        count++;
+    }
+    
+    if (count >= max)
+        return 0;
+    else
+        return (string1[0]) ? 1 : ((string2[0]) ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * wee_log_printf: displays a message in WeeChat log (~/.weechat/weechat.log)
  */
@@ -131,7 +203,7 @@ weechat_convert_encoding (char *from_code, char *to_code, char *string)
     size_t inbytesleft, outbytesleft;
     
     if (from_code && from_code[0] && to_code && to_code[0]
-        && (strcasecmp(from_code, to_code) != 0))
+        && (ascii_strcasecmp(from_code, to_code) != 0))
     {
         cd = iconv_open (to_code, from_code);
         if (cd == (iconv_t)(-1))
@@ -418,7 +490,7 @@ wee_parse_args (int argc, char *argv[])
             wee_display_commands (1, 0);
             wee_shutdown (EXIT_SUCCESS, 0);
         }
-        else if ((strncasecmp (argv[i], "irc", 3) == 0))
+        else if ((ascii_strncasecmp (argv[i], "irc", 3) == 0))
         {
             if (server_init_with_url (argv[i], &server_tmp) < 0)
             {
diff --git a/src/common/weechat.h b/src/common/weechat.h
index 9304671a8..80771d700 100644
--- a/src/common/weechat.h
+++ b/src/common/weechat.h
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ extern char *local_charset;
 extern gnutls_certificate_credentials gnutls_xcred;
 #endif
 
+extern int ascii_strcasecmp (char *, char *);
+extern int ascii_strncasecmp (char *, char *, int);
 extern void wee_log_printf (char *, ...);
 extern void wee_dump (int);
 extern char *weechat_convert_encoding (char *, char *, char *);
diff --git a/src/common/weeconfig.c b/src/common/weeconfig.c
index 31bd94833..2b181d1ae 100644
--- a/src/common/weeconfig.c
+++ b/src/common/weeconfig.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ get_pos_array_values (char **array, char *string)
     i = 0;
     while (array[i])
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (array[i], string) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (array[i], string) == 0)
             return i;
         i++;
     }
@@ -926,9 +926,9 @@ config_option_set_value (t_config_option *option, char *value)
     switch (option->option_type)
     {
         case OPTION_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
-            if (strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
                 *(option->ptr_int) = BOOL_TRUE;
-            else if (strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
                 *(option->ptr_int) = BOOL_FALSE;
             else
                 return -1;
@@ -965,43 +965,43 @@ config_option_set_value (t_config_option *option, char *value)
 void *
 config_get_server_option_ptr (t_irc_server *server, char *option_name)
 {
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_name") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_name") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->name);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoconnect") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoconnect") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autoconnect);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autoreconnect);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect_delay") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect_delay") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autoreconnect_delay);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_address") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_address") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->address);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_port") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_port") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->port);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ipv6") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ipv6") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->ipv6);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ssl") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ssl") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->ssl);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_password") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_password") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->password);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick1") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick1") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->nick1);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick2") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick2") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->nick2);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick3") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick3") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->nick3);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_username") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_username") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->username);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_realname") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_realname") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->realname);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->command);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command_delay") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command_delay") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->command_delay);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autojoin") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autojoin") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autojoin);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autorejoin") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autorejoin") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autorejoin);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_notify_levels") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_notify_levels") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->notify_levels);
     /* option not found */
     return NULL;
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ config_set_server_value (t_irc_server *server, char *option_name,
     for (i = 0; weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i].option_name; i++)
     {
         /* if option found, return pointer */
-        if (strcasecmp (weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i].option_name, option_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i].option_name, option_name) == 0)
         {
             ptr_option = &weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i];
             break;
@@ -1043,9 +1043,9 @@ config_set_server_value (t_irc_server *server, char *option_name,
     switch (ptr_option->option_type)
     {
         case OPTION_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
-            if (strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
                 *((int *)(ptr_data)) = BOOL_TRUE;
-            else if (strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
                 *((int *)(ptr_data)) = BOOL_FALSE;
             else
                 return -2;
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ config_option_search (char *option_name)
             for (j = 0; weechat_options[i][j].option_name; j++)
             {
                 /* if option found, return pointer */
-                if (strcasecmp (weechat_options[i][j].option_name, option_name) == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_options[i][j].option_name, option_name) == 0)
                     return &weechat_options[i][j];
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/common/weelist.c b/src/common/weelist.c
index e4bf30ef9..2a34937e2 100644
--- a/src/common/weelist.c
+++ b/src/common/weelist.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ weelist_search (t_weelist *weelist, char *data)
     
     for (ptr_weelist = weelist; ptr_weelist; ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) == 0)
             return ptr_weelist;
     }
     /* word not found in list */
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ weelist_find_pos (t_weelist *weelist, char *data)
     
     for (ptr_weelist = weelist; ptr_weelist; ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) < 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) < 0)
             return ptr_weelist;
     }
     /* position not found, best position is at the end */
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c b/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c
index 636752f90..d61284f1c 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ gui_assign_color (int *color, char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
         {
             *color = gui_colors[i].color;
             return 1;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ gui_get_color_by_name (char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
             return gui_colors[i].color;
         i++;
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c b/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c
index 8835f9ad0..b519c9b73 100644
--- a/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c
+++ b/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ gui_assign_color (int *color, char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
         {
             *color = gui_colors[i].color;
             return 1;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ gui_get_color_by_name (char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
             return gui_colors[i].color;
         i++;
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c b/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c
index 2443975fd..28c331db4 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c
+++ b/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c
@@ -157,17 +157,17 @@ gui_key_get_internal_code (char *key)
         result[0] = '\0';
         while (key[0])
         {
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "meta2-", 6) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "meta2-", 6) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "^[[");
                 key += 6;
             }
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "meta-", 5) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "meta-", 5) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "^[");
                 key += 5;
             }
-            else if (strncasecmp (key, "ctrl-", 5) == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "ctrl-", 5) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "^");
                 key += 5;
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ gui_key_get_expanded_name (char *key)
         result[0] = '\0';
         while (key[0])
         {
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "^[[", 3) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "^[[", 3) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "meta2-");
                 key += 3;
             }
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "^[", 2) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "^[", 2) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "meta-");
                 key += 2;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ gui_key_find_pos (t_gui_key *key)
     
     for (ptr_key = gui_keys; ptr_key; ptr_key = ptr_key->next_key)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (key->key, ptr_key->key) < 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (key->key, ptr_key->key) < 0)
             return ptr_key;
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ gui_key_search (char *key)
 
     for (ptr_key = gui_keys; ptr_key; ptr_key = ptr_key->next_key)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, key) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, key) == 0)
             return ptr_key;
     }
     
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ gui_key_function_search_by_name (char *name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_key_functions[i].function_name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_key_functions[i].function_name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_key_functions[i].function_name, name) == 0)
             return gui_key_functions[i].function;
         i++;
     }
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ gui_key_pressed (char *key_str)
     ptr_key = gui_key_search_part (gui_key_buffer);
     if (ptr_key)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, gui_key_buffer) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, gui_key_buffer) == 0)
         {
             /* exact combo found => execute function or command */
             gui_key_buffer[0] = '\0';
diff --git a/src/irc/irc-channel.c b/src/irc/irc-channel.c
index 0323b7869..6aec9902f 100644
--- a/src/irc/irc-channel.c
+++ b/src/irc/irc-channel.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ channel_search (t_irc_server *server, char *channel_name)
     for (ptr_channel = server->channels; ptr_channel;
          ptr_channel = ptr_channel->next_channel)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel_name) == 0)
             return ptr_channel;
     }
     return NULL;
diff --git a/src/irc/irc-nick.c b/src/irc/irc-nick.c
index af845e3f2..37d4aaf6c 100644
--- a/src/irc/irc-nick.c
+++ b/src/irc/irc-nick.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 
 /*
- * nick_find_color: find a color for a nick (less used will be better!)
+ * nick_find_color: find a color for a nick (according to nick letters)
  */
 
 int
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ nick_compare (t_irc_nick *nick1, t_irc_nick *nick2)
     score1 = nick_score_for_sort (nick1);
     score2 = nick_score_for_sort (nick2);
     
-    comp = strcasecmp(nick1->nick, nick2->nick);
+    comp = ascii_strcasecmp (nick1->nick, nick2->nick);
     if (comp > 0)
         score1++;
-    else
-        if (comp < 0)
-            score2++;
+    if (comp < 0)
+        score2++;
     
     /* nick1 > nick2 */
     if (score1 > score2)
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ nick_new (t_irc_channel *channel, char *nick_name,
     new_nick->is_halfop = is_halfop;
     new_nick->has_voice = has_voice;
     new_nick->is_away = 0;
-    if (strcasecmp (new_nick->nick, SERVER(channel->buffer)->nick) == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (new_nick->nick, SERVER(channel->buffer)->nick) == 0)
         new_nick->color = COLOR_WIN_NICK_SELF;
     else
         new_nick->color = nick_find_color (new_nick);
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ nick_search (t_irc_channel *channel, char *nickname)
     for (ptr_nick = channel->nicks; ptr_nick;
          ptr_nick = ptr_nick->next_nick)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, nickname) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, nickname) == 0)
             return ptr_nick;
     }
     return NULL;
diff --git a/src/irc/irc-recv.c b/src/irc/irc-recv.c
index 781e0db9a..eecefc12d 100644
--- a/src/irc/irc-recv.c
+++ b/src/irc/irc-recv.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ irc_recv_command (t_irc_server *server, char *entire_line,
     cmd_found = -1;
     for (i = 0; irc_commands[i].command_name; i++)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command) == 0)
         {
             cmd_found = i;
             break;
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ irc_cmd_recv_nick (t_irc_server *server, char *host, char *arguments)
         if ((SERVER(ptr_buffer) == server) && BUFFER_IS_PRIVATE(ptr_buffer))
         {
             if ((CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name)
-                && (strcasecmp (host, CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name) == 0))
+                && (ascii_strcasecmp (host, CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name) == 0))
             {
                 free (CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name);
                 CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name = strdup (arguments);
@@ -1104,9 +1104,9 @@ irc_cmd_recv_notice (t_irc_server *server, char *host, char *arguments)
                 gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT, ": ");
             }
             gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT, "%s\n", pos);
-            if ((host) && (strcasecmp (host, "nickserv") != 0) &&
-                (strcasecmp (host, "chanserv") != 0) &&
-                (strcasecmp (host, "memoserv") != 0))
+            if ((host) && (ascii_strcasecmp (host, "nickserv") != 0) &&
+                (ascii_strcasecmp (host, "chanserv") != 0) &&
+                (ascii_strcasecmp (host, "memoserv") != 0))
             {
                 hotlist_add (HOTLIST_PRIVATE, server->buffer);
                 gui_draw_buffer_status (gui_current_window->buffer, 1);
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ irc_cmd_recv_privmsg (t_irc_server *server, char *host, char *arguments)
                 while (pos_port[0] == ' ')
                     pos_port++;
                 
-                if (strcasecmp (pos_file, "chat") != 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (pos_file, "chat") != 0)
                 {
                     irc_display_prefix (server->buffer, PREFIX_ERROR);
                     gui_printf_nolog (server->buffer,
diff --git a/src/irc/irc-send.c b/src/irc/irc-send.c
index fa1a1bb92..854e73311 100644
--- a/src/irc/irc-send.c
+++ b/src/irc/irc-send.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ irc_cmd_send_ctcp (t_irc_server *server, char *arguments)
         gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT, ": ");
         gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT_CHANNEL, "%s", pos_type);
         
-        if ((strcasecmp (pos_type, "ping") == 0) && (!pos_args))
+        if ((ascii_strcasecmp (pos_type, "ping") == 0) && (!pos_args))
         {
             gettimeofday (&tv, &tz);
             server_sendf (server, "PRIVMSG %s :\01PING %d %d\01\r\n",
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ irc_cmd_send_dcc (t_irc_server *server, char *arguments)
         
         dcc_send_request (server, DCC_CHAT_SEND, pos_nick, NULL);
     }
-    else if (strcasecmp (arguments, "close") == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strcasecmp (arguments, "close") == 0)
     {
         if (BUFFER_IS_PRIVATE(gui_current_window->buffer) &&
             CHANNEL(gui_current_window->buffer)->dcc_chat)
diff --git a/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c b/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c
index 18dc7614f..010f72273 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c
+++ b/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_register)
     for (ptr_perl_script = perl_scripts; ptr_perl_script;
          ptr_perl_script = ptr_perl_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
         {
             perl_script_found = ptr_perl_script;
             break;
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_print_with_channel)
     for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server;
          ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
     {
-        if (!server || (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server)) == 0)
+        if (!server || (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server)) == 0)
         {
             for (ptr_channel = ptr_server->channels; ptr_channel;
                  ptr_channel = ptr_channel->next_channel)
             {
-                if (strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel) == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel) == 0)
                 {
                     ptr_buffer = ptr_channel->buffer;
                     break;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_command)
         command = SvPV (ST (1), integer);
         for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server; ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
                 break;
         }
         if (!ptr_server)
@@ -383,30 +383,30 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_get_info)
     
     if (arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
         {
             XST_mIV (0, SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
             XSRETURN (1);
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static XS (XS_weechat_register)
     for (ptr_perl_script = perl_scripts; ptr_perl_script;
          ptr_perl_script = ptr_perl_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
         {
             perl_script_found = ptr_perl_script;
             break;
@@ -731,36 +731,36 @@ static XS (XS_weechat_get_info)
     arg = SvPV (ST (0), integer);
     if (arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
         {
             XST_mIV (0, SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
             XSRETURN (1);
             return;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
         {
             int nItems = 0;
             t_irc_dcc *p = dcc_list;
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.c b/src/plugins/plugins.c
index 089b34191..8fc51a026 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.c
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ plugin_handler_search (t_plugin_handler *plugin_handlers, char *name)
          ptr_plugin_handler = ptr_plugin_handler->next_handler)
     {
         /* handler found */
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, name) == 0)
             return ptr_plugin_handler;
     }
     /* handler not found */
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ plugin_event_msg (char *irc_command, char *server, char *arguments)
     for (ptr_plugin_handler = plugin_msg_handlers; ptr_plugin_handler;
          ptr_plugin_handler = ptr_plugin_handler->next_handler)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, irc_command) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, irc_command) == 0)
         {
 #ifdef PLUGIN_PERL
             if (ptr_plugin_handler->plugin_type == PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ plugin_exec_command (char *user_command, char *server, char *arguments)
     for (ptr_plugin_handler = plugin_cmd_handlers; ptr_plugin_handler;
          ptr_plugin_handler = ptr_plugin_handler->next_handler)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, user_command) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, user_command) == 0)
         {
 #ifdef PLUGIN_PERL
             if (ptr_plugin_handler->plugin_type == PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL)
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c b/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c
index d1fd2d901..c3f5860be 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c
+++ b/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ wee_python_register (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     for (ptr_python_script = python_scripts; ptr_python_script;
          ptr_python_script = ptr_python_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_python_script->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_python_script->name, name) == 0)
         {
             python_script_found = ptr_python_script;
             break;
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ wee_python_get_info (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     {
         for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server; ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
                 break;
         }
         if (!ptr_server)
@@ -336,34 +336,34 @@ wee_python_get_info (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     
     if (ptr_server && arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) )
         {	 
             return Py_BuildValue ("i", SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
         }
-	else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
+	else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
         {
 	  t_irc_dcc *p = dcc_list;
 	  int nbdccs = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c b/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c
index 449b9b003..edf774926 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c
+++ b/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ wee_ruby_register (VALUE class, VALUE name, VALUE version, VALUE shutdown_func,
     for (ptr_ruby_script = ruby_scripts; ptr_ruby_script;
          ptr_ruby_script = ptr_ruby_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_ruby_script->name, c_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_ruby_script->name, c_name) == 0)
         {
             ruby_script_found = ptr_ruby_script;
             break;
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ wee_ruby_get_info (VALUE class, VALUE arg, VALUE server_name)
     {
         for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server; ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, c_server_name) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, c_server_name) == 0)
                 break;
         }
         if (!ptr_server)
@@ -372,34 +372,34 @@ wee_ruby_get_info (VALUE class, VALUE arg, VALUE server_name)
     
     if (ptr_server && c_arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "nick") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "nick") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "server") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "server") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "away") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "away") == 0) )
         {	 
             return INT2FIX (SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
         }
-	else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "100") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "dccs") == 0) )
+	else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "100") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "dccs") == 0) )
         {
             /* TODO: build dcc list */
 	}
diff --git a/weechat/ChangeLog b/weechat/ChangeLog
index cbd894b76..71729de09 100644
--- a/weechat/ChangeLog
+++ b/weechat/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 WeeChat - Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat
 ===========================================
 
-ChangeLog - 2005-09-02
+ChangeLog - 2005-09-03
 
 
 Version 0.1.5 (under dev!):
+   * fixed bug with strings comparison (str[n]casecmp) and some locales
+     (like turkish), now using ASCII comparison (thanks to roktas)
    * signal SIGQUIT is now ignored
    * fixed refresh bug when one line is bigger than screen size
    * fixed look_nicklist_min_size and look_nicklist_max_size options
diff --git a/weechat/po/fr.po b/weechat/po/fr.po
index 677ab91cd..2bd279e77 100644
--- a/weechat/po/fr.po
+++ b/weechat/po/fr.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: WeeChat 0.1.5-cvs\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: flashcode@flashtux.org\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2005-08-21 14:31+0200\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2005-08-21 14:31+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2005-09-03 13:24+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: FlashCode <flashcode@flashtux.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: weechat-dev <weechat-dev@nongnu.org>\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -2673,7 +2673,7 @@ msgstr "%s l'alias ou la commande \"%s\" existe d
 #: src/common/command.c:282
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s alias cannot run another alias!\n"
-msgstr "%s l'alias ne peux pas lancer un autre alias !\n"
+msgstr "%s l'alias ne peut pas lancer un autre alias !\n"
 
 #: src/common/command.c:289
 #, c-format
diff --git a/weechat/src/common/command.c b/weechat/src/common/command.c
index 0835cf192..073ed2a82 100644
--- a/weechat/src/common/command.c
+++ b/weechat/src/common/command.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ alias_search (char *alias_name)
     
     for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias; ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) == 0)
             return ptr_alias;
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ alias_find_pos (char *alias_name)
     
     for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias; ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) < 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (alias_name, ptr_alias->alias_name) < 0)
             return ptr_alias;
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ exec_weechat_command (t_irc_server *server, char *string)
         
         for (i = 0; weechat_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0)
             {
                 if ((argc < weechat_commands[i].min_arg)
                     || (argc > weechat_commands[i].max_arg))
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ exec_weechat_command (t_irc_server *server, char *string)
         }
         for (i = 0; irc_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if ((strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0) &&
+            if ((ascii_strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command + 1) == 0) &&
                 ((irc_commands[i].cmd_function_args) ||
                 (irc_commands[i].cmd_function_1arg)))
             {
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ exec_weechat_command (t_irc_server *server, char *string)
         for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias;
              ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_alias->alias_name, command + 1) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_alias->alias_name, command + 1) == 0)
             {
                 if (ptr_args)
                 {
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
     char *error;
     int target_buffer;
     
-    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
+    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
     {
         /* list opened buffers */
         
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "move") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "move") == 0)
         {
             /* move buffer to another number in the list */
             
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
                 return -1;
             }
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "close") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "close") == 0)
         {
             /* close buffer (server or channel/private) */
             
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ weechat_cmd_buffer (int argc, char **argv)
             }
             gui_draw_buffer_status (gui_current_window->buffer, 1);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "notify") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "notify") == 0)
         {
             /* set notify level for buffer */
             
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ weechat_cmd_clear (int argc, char **argv)
 {
     if (argc == 1)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "-all") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "-all") == 0)
             gui_buffer_clear_all ();
         else
         {
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ weechat_cmd_debug (int argc, char **argv)
         return -1;
     }
     
-    if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "dump") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "dump") == 0)
     {
         wee_dump (0);
     }
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ weechat_cmd_help (int argc, char **argv)
     {
         for (i = 0; weechat_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
             {
                 gui_printf (NULL, "\n");
                 gui_printf (NULL, "[w]");
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ weechat_cmd_help (int argc, char **argv)
         }
         for (i = 0; irc_commands[i].command_name; i++)
         {
-            if ((strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
+            if ((ascii_strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, argv[0]) == 0)
                 && (irc_commands[i].cmd_function_args || irc_commands[i].cmd_function_1arg))
             {
                 gui_printf (NULL, "\n");
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ weechat_cmd_key (char *arguments)
             weechat_cmd_key_display (ptr_key, 0);
         }
     }
-    else if (strncasecmp (arguments, "unbind ", 7) == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strncasecmp (arguments, "unbind ", 7) == 0)
     {
         arguments += 7;
         while (arguments[0] == ' ')
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ weechat_cmd_key (char *arguments)
             return -1;
         }
     }
-    else if (strcasecmp (arguments, "functions") == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strcasecmp (arguments, "functions") == 0)
     {
         gui_printf (NULL, "\n");
         gui_printf (NULL, _("Internal key functions:\n"));
@@ -1431,12 +1431,12 @@ weechat_cmd_key (char *arguments)
             i++;
         }
     }
-    else if (strncasecmp (arguments, "reset", 5) == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strncasecmp (arguments, "reset", 5) == 0)
     {
         arguments += 5;
         while (arguments[0] == ' ')
             arguments++;
-        if (strcasecmp (arguments, "-yes") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (arguments, "-yes") == 0)
         {
             gui_key_free_all ();
             gui_key_init ();
@@ -1570,18 +1570,18 @@ weechat_cmd_perl (int argc, char **argv)
             
             break;
         case 1:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, "perl/autoload");
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
             {
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, NULL);
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, "perl/autoload");
             }
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL, NULL);
             break;
         case 2:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
             {
                 /* load Perl script */
                 if (strstr(argv[1], DIR_SEPARATOR))
@@ -1713,18 +1713,18 @@ weechat_cmd_python (int argc, char **argv)
             
             break;
         case 1:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, "python/autoload");
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
             {
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, NULL);
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, "python/autoload");
             }
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_PYTHON, NULL);
             break;
         case 2:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
             {
                 /* load Python script */
                 if (strstr(argv[1], DIR_SEPARATOR))
@@ -1856,18 +1856,18 @@ weechat_cmd_ruby (int argc, char **argv)
             
             break;
         case 1:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "autoload") == 0)
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, "ruby/autoload");
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "reload") == 0)
             {
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, NULL);
                 plugin_auto_load (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, "ruby/autoload");
             }
-            else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "unload") == 0)
                 plugin_unload (PLUGIN_TYPE_RUBY, NULL);
             break;
         case 2:
-            if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "load") == 0)
             {
                 /* load Ruby script */
                 if (strstr(argv[1], DIR_SEPARATOR))
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "del") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "del") == 0)
         {
             if (argc < 2)
             {
@@ -2067,15 +2067,15 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
         {
             if (argv[i][0] == '-')
             {
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-auto") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-auto") == 0)
                     server.autoconnect = 1;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-noauto") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-noauto") == 0)
                     server.autoconnect = 0;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ipv6") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ipv6") == 0)
                     server.ipv6 = 1;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ssl") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-ssl") == 0)
                     server.ssl = 1;
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-pwd") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-pwd") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.password = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-nicks") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-nicks") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i >= (argc - 3))
                     {
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     server.nick2 = strdup (argv[++i]);
                     server.nick3 = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-username") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-username") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.username = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-realname") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-realname") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.realname = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-command") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-command") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ weechat_cmd_server (int argc, char **argv)
                     }
                     server.command = strdup (argv[++i]);
                 }
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[i], "-autojoin") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[i], "-autojoin") == 0)
                 {
                     if (i == (argc - 1))
                     {
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ weechat_cmd_window (int argc, char **argv)
     t_gui_window *ptr_win;
     int i;
     
-    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
+    if ((argc == 0) || ((argc == 1) && (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "list") == 0)))
     {
         /* list opened windows */
         
@@ -2558,29 +2558,29 @@ weechat_cmd_window (int argc, char **argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "splith") == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "splith") == 0)
         {
             /* split window horizontally */
             gui_window_split_horiz (gui_current_window);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "splitv") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "splitv") == 0)
         {
             /* split window vertically */
             gui_window_split_vertic (gui_current_window);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "merge") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "merge") == 0)
         {
             if (argc >= 2)
             {
-                if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "down") == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "down") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_down (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "up") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "up") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_up (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "left") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "left") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_left (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "right") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "right") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_right (gui_current_window);
-                else if (strcasecmp (argv[1], "all") == 0)
+                else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[1], "all") == 0)
                     gui_window_merge_all (gui_current_window);
                 else
                 {
@@ -2594,9 +2594,9 @@ weechat_cmd_window (int argc, char **argv)
             else
                 gui_window_merge_auto (gui_current_window);
         }
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "-1") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "-1") == 0)
             gui_switch_to_previous_window ();
-        else if (strcasecmp (argv[0], "+1") == 0)
+        else if (ascii_strcasecmp (argv[0], "+1") == 0)
             gui_switch_to_next_window ();
         else
         {
diff --git a/weechat/src/common/completion.c b/weechat/src/common/completion.c
index decfad2c8..41be8e894 100644
--- a/weechat/src/common/completion.c
+++ b/weechat/src/common/completion.c
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
     /* WeeChat internal commands */
     
     /* no completion for some commands */
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "server") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "save") == 0))
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "server") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "save") == 0))
     {
         completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "alias") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "alias") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         for (ptr_list = index_commands; ptr_list; ptr_list = ptr_list->next_weelist)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "buffer") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "buffer") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "notify");
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "clear") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "clear") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "-all");
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "connect") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "disconnect") == 0))
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "connect") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "disconnect") == 0))
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             return;
         }
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "debug") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "debug") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
             weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "help") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "help") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         for (i = 0; weechat_commands[i].command_name; i++)
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "key") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "key") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             return;
         }
     }
-    if (((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "perl") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "python") == 0))
+    if (((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "perl") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "python") == 0))
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "unload");
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "set") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "set") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "unalias") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "unalias") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         for (ptr_alias = weechat_alias; ptr_alias; ptr_alias = ptr_alias->next_alias)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "window") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "window") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -397,33 +397,33 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
     /* IRC commands */
     
     /* no completion for some commands */
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "admin") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "die") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "info") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "join") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "links") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "list") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "lusers") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "motd") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "oper") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "rehash") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "restart") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "service") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "servlist") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squery") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squit") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "stats") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "summon") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "time") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "trace") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "users") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "wallops") == 0)
-        || (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "who") == 0))
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "admin") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "die") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "info") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "join") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "links") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "list") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "lusers") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "motd") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "oper") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "rehash") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "restart") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "service") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "servlist") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squery") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "squit") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "stats") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "summon") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "time") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "trace") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "users") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "wallops") == 0)
+        || (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "who") == 0))
     {
         completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "away") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "away") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         if (cfg_irc_default_msg_away && cfg_irc_default_msg_away[0])
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                          cfg_irc_default_msg_away);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "ctcp") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "ctcp") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 2))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "version");
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "dcc") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "dcc") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         weelist_add (&completion->completion_list,
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                      "close");
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "invite") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "invite") == 0)
     {
         /* arg1: nickname */
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
@@ -486,30 +486,30 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
         }
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kick") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kick") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kill") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "kill") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "me") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "me") == 0)
     {
         completion->context = COMPLETION_NICK;
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "notice") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "notice") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "part") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "part") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         if (cfg_irc_default_msg_part && cfg_irc_default_msg_part[0])
@@ -518,13 +518,13 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                          cfg_irc_default_msg_part);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "query") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "query") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg != 1)
             completion_stop (completion);
         return;
     }
-    if ((strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "quit") == 0)
+    if ((ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "quit") == 0)
         && (completion->base_command_arg == 1))
     {
         if (cfg_irc_default_msg_quit && cfg_irc_default_msg_quit[0])
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ completion_build_list (t_completion *completion, void *channel)
                          cfg_irc_default_msg_quit);
         return;
     }
-    if (strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "topic") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (completion->base_command, "topic") == 0)
     {
         if (completion->base_command_arg == 1)
         {
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ completion_command (t_completion *completion)
     other_completion = 0;
     for (ptr_weelist = index_commands; ptr_weelist; ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word + 1, length) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word + 1, length) == 0)
         {
             if ((!completion->word_found) || word_found_seen)
             {
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ completion_command (t_completion *completion)
                 for (ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist->next_weelist; ptr_weelist2;
                      ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist2->next_weelist)
                 {
-                    if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
+                    if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
                         completion->base_word + 1, length) == 0)
                         other_completion++;
                 }
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ completion_command (t_completion *completion)
             other_completion++;
         }
         if (completion->word_found &&
-            (strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
+            (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
             word_found_seen = 1;
     }
     if (completion->word_found)
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ completion_command_arg (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
     for (ptr_weelist = completion->completion_list; ptr_weelist;
          ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
         {
             if ((!completion->word_found) || word_found_seen)
             {
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ completion_command_arg (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
                 for (ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist->next_weelist; ptr_weelist2;
                      ptr_weelist2 = ptr_weelist2->next_weelist)
                 {
-                    if (strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
+                    if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_weelist2->data,
                         completion->base_word, length) == 0)
                         other_completion++;
                 }
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ completion_command_arg (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
             other_completion++;
         }
         if (completion->word_found &&
-            (strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
+            (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_weelist->data, completion->word_found) == 0))
             word_found_seen = 1;
     }
     if (completion->word_found)
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ completion_nick (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
     other_completion = 0;
     for (ptr_nick = channel->nicks; ptr_nick; ptr_nick = ptr_nick->next_nick)
     {
-        if (strncasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->base_word, length) == 0)
         {
             if ((!completion->word_found) || word_found_seen)
             {
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ completion_nick (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
                 for (ptr_nick2 = ptr_nick->next_nick; ptr_nick2;
                      ptr_nick2 = ptr_nick2->next_nick)
                 {
-                    if (strncasecmp (ptr_nick2->nick,
+                    if (ascii_strncasecmp (ptr_nick2->nick,
                         completion->base_word, length) == 0)
                         other_completion++;
                 }
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ completion_nick (t_completion *completion, t_irc_channel *channel)
             other_completion++;
         }
         if (completion->word_found &&
-            (strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->word_found) == 0))
+            (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, completion->word_found) == 0))
             word_found_seen = 1;
     }
     if (completion->word_found)
diff --git a/weechat/src/common/weechat.c b/weechat/src/common/weechat.c
index b8692da57..f0ed84597 100644
--- a/weechat/src/common/weechat.c
+++ b/weechat/src/common/weechat.c
@@ -83,6 +83,78 @@ gnutls_certificate_credentials gnutls_xcred;   /* gnutls client credentials */
 #endif
 
 
+/*
+ * ascii_strcasecmp: locale and case independent string comparison
+ */
+
+int
+ascii_strcasecmp (char *string1, char *string2)
+{
+    int c1, c2;
+    
+    if (!string1 || !string2)
+        return (string1) ? 1 : ((string2) ? -1 : 0);
+    
+    while (string1[0] && string2[0])
+    {
+        c1 = (int)((unsigned char) string1[0]);
+        c2 = (int)((unsigned char) string2[0]);
+        
+        if ((c1 >= 'A') && (c1 <= 'Z'))
+            c1 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c2 >= 'A') && (c2 <= 'Z'))
+            c2 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c1 - c2) != 0)
+            return c1 - c2;
+        
+        string1++;
+        string2++;
+    }
+    
+    return (string1[0]) ? 1 : ((string2[0]) ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * ascii_strncasecmp: locale and case independent string comparison
+ *                    with max length
+ */
+
+int
+ascii_strncasecmp (char *string1, char *string2, int max)
+{
+    int c1, c2, count;
+    
+    if (!string1 || !string2)
+        return (string1) ? 1 : ((string2) ? -1 : 0);
+    
+    count = 0;
+    while ((count < max) && string1[0] && string2[0])
+    {
+        c1 = (int)((unsigned char) string1[0]);
+        c2 = (int)((unsigned char) string2[0]);
+        
+        if ((c1 >= 'A') && (c1 <= 'Z'))
+            c1 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c2 >= 'A') && (c2 <= 'Z'))
+            c2 += ('a' - 'A');
+        
+        if ((c1 - c2) != 0)
+            return c1 - c2;
+        
+        string1++;
+        string2++;
+        count++;
+    }
+    
+    if (count >= max)
+        return 0;
+    else
+        return (string1[0]) ? 1 : ((string2[0]) ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * wee_log_printf: displays a message in WeeChat log (~/.weechat/weechat.log)
  */
@@ -131,7 +203,7 @@ weechat_convert_encoding (char *from_code, char *to_code, char *string)
     size_t inbytesleft, outbytesleft;
     
     if (from_code && from_code[0] && to_code && to_code[0]
-        && (strcasecmp(from_code, to_code) != 0))
+        && (ascii_strcasecmp(from_code, to_code) != 0))
     {
         cd = iconv_open (to_code, from_code);
         if (cd == (iconv_t)(-1))
@@ -418,7 +490,7 @@ wee_parse_args (int argc, char *argv[])
             wee_display_commands (1, 0);
             wee_shutdown (EXIT_SUCCESS, 0);
         }
-        else if ((strncasecmp (argv[i], "irc", 3) == 0))
+        else if ((ascii_strncasecmp (argv[i], "irc", 3) == 0))
         {
             if (server_init_with_url (argv[i], &server_tmp) < 0)
             {
diff --git a/weechat/src/common/weechat.h b/weechat/src/common/weechat.h
index 9304671a8..80771d700 100644
--- a/weechat/src/common/weechat.h
+++ b/weechat/src/common/weechat.h
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ extern char *local_charset;
 extern gnutls_certificate_credentials gnutls_xcred;
 #endif
 
+extern int ascii_strcasecmp (char *, char *);
+extern int ascii_strncasecmp (char *, char *, int);
 extern void wee_log_printf (char *, ...);
 extern void wee_dump (int);
 extern char *weechat_convert_encoding (char *, char *, char *);
diff --git a/weechat/src/common/weeconfig.c b/weechat/src/common/weeconfig.c
index 31bd94833..2b181d1ae 100644
--- a/weechat/src/common/weeconfig.c
+++ b/weechat/src/common/weeconfig.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ get_pos_array_values (char **array, char *string)
     i = 0;
     while (array[i])
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (array[i], string) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (array[i], string) == 0)
             return i;
         i++;
     }
@@ -926,9 +926,9 @@ config_option_set_value (t_config_option *option, char *value)
     switch (option->option_type)
     {
         case OPTION_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
-            if (strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
                 *(option->ptr_int) = BOOL_TRUE;
-            else if (strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
                 *(option->ptr_int) = BOOL_FALSE;
             else
                 return -1;
@@ -965,43 +965,43 @@ config_option_set_value (t_config_option *option, char *value)
 void *
 config_get_server_option_ptr (t_irc_server *server, char *option_name)
 {
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_name") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_name") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->name);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoconnect") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoconnect") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autoconnect);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autoreconnect);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect_delay") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autoreconnect_delay") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autoreconnect_delay);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_address") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_address") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->address);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_port") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_port") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->port);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ipv6") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ipv6") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->ipv6);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ssl") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_ssl") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->ssl);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_password") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_password") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->password);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick1") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick1") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->nick1);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick2") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick2") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->nick2);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick3") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_nick3") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->nick3);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_username") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_username") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->username);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_realname") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_realname") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->realname);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->command);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command_delay") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_command_delay") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->command_delay);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autojoin") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autojoin") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autojoin);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autorejoin") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_autorejoin") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->autorejoin);
-    if (strcasecmp (option_name, "server_notify_levels") == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (option_name, "server_notify_levels") == 0)
         return (void *)(&server->notify_levels);
     /* option not found */
     return NULL;
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ config_set_server_value (t_irc_server *server, char *option_name,
     for (i = 0; weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i].option_name; i++)
     {
         /* if option found, return pointer */
-        if (strcasecmp (weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i].option_name, option_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i].option_name, option_name) == 0)
         {
             ptr_option = &weechat_options[CONFIG_SECTION_SERVER][i];
             break;
@@ -1043,9 +1043,9 @@ config_set_server_value (t_irc_server *server, char *option_name,
     switch (ptr_option->option_type)
     {
         case OPTION_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
-            if (strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "on") == 0)
                 *((int *)(ptr_data)) = BOOL_TRUE;
-            else if (strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strcasecmp (value, "off") == 0)
                 *((int *)(ptr_data)) = BOOL_FALSE;
             else
                 return -2;
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ config_option_search (char *option_name)
             for (j = 0; weechat_options[i][j].option_name; j++)
             {
                 /* if option found, return pointer */
-                if (strcasecmp (weechat_options[i][j].option_name, option_name) == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (weechat_options[i][j].option_name, option_name) == 0)
                     return &weechat_options[i][j];
             }
         }
diff --git a/weechat/src/common/weelist.c b/weechat/src/common/weelist.c
index e4bf30ef9..2a34937e2 100644
--- a/weechat/src/common/weelist.c
+++ b/weechat/src/common/weelist.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ weelist_search (t_weelist *weelist, char *data)
     
     for (ptr_weelist = weelist; ptr_weelist; ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) == 0)
             return ptr_weelist;
     }
     /* word not found in list */
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ weelist_find_pos (t_weelist *weelist, char *data)
     
     for (ptr_weelist = weelist; ptr_weelist; ptr_weelist = ptr_weelist->next_weelist)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) < 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (data, ptr_weelist->data) < 0)
             return ptr_weelist;
     }
     /* position not found, best position is at the end */
diff --git a/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c b/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c
index 636752f90..d61284f1c 100644
--- a/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c
+++ b/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-display.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ gui_assign_color (int *color, char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
         {
             *color = gui_colors[i].color;
             return 1;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ gui_get_color_by_name (char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
             return gui_colors[i].color;
         i++;
     }
diff --git a/weechat/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c b/weechat/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c
index 8835f9ad0..b519c9b73 100644
--- a/weechat/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c
+++ b/weechat/src/gui/gtk/gui-display.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ gui_assign_color (int *color, char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
         {
             *color = gui_colors[i].color;
             return 1;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ gui_get_color_by_name (char *color_name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_colors[i].name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_colors[i].name, color_name) == 0)
             return gui_colors[i].color;
         i++;
     }
diff --git a/weechat/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c b/weechat/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c
index 2443975fd..28c331db4 100644
--- a/weechat/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c
+++ b/weechat/src/gui/gui-keyboard.c
@@ -157,17 +157,17 @@ gui_key_get_internal_code (char *key)
         result[0] = '\0';
         while (key[0])
         {
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "meta2-", 6) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "meta2-", 6) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "^[[");
                 key += 6;
             }
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "meta-", 5) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "meta-", 5) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "^[");
                 key += 5;
             }
-            else if (strncasecmp (key, "ctrl-", 5) == 0)
+            else if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "ctrl-", 5) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "^");
                 key += 5;
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ gui_key_get_expanded_name (char *key)
         result[0] = '\0';
         while (key[0])
         {
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "^[[", 3) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "^[[", 3) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "meta2-");
                 key += 3;
             }
-            if (strncasecmp (key, "^[", 2) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strncasecmp (key, "^[", 2) == 0)
             {
                 strcat (result, "meta-");
                 key += 2;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ gui_key_find_pos (t_gui_key *key)
     
     for (ptr_key = gui_keys; ptr_key; ptr_key = ptr_key->next_key)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (key->key, ptr_key->key) < 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (key->key, ptr_key->key) < 0)
             return ptr_key;
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ gui_key_search (char *key)
 
     for (ptr_key = gui_keys; ptr_key; ptr_key = ptr_key->next_key)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, key) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, key) == 0)
             return ptr_key;
     }
     
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ gui_key_function_search_by_name (char *name)
     i = 0;
     while (gui_key_functions[i].function_name)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (gui_key_functions[i].function_name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (gui_key_functions[i].function_name, name) == 0)
             return gui_key_functions[i].function;
         i++;
     }
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ gui_key_pressed (char *key_str)
     ptr_key = gui_key_search_part (gui_key_buffer);
     if (ptr_key)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, gui_key_buffer) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_key->key, gui_key_buffer) == 0)
         {
             /* exact combo found => execute function or command */
             gui_key_buffer[0] = '\0';
diff --git a/weechat/src/irc/irc-channel.c b/weechat/src/irc/irc-channel.c
index 0323b7869..6aec9902f 100644
--- a/weechat/src/irc/irc-channel.c
+++ b/weechat/src/irc/irc-channel.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ channel_search (t_irc_server *server, char *channel_name)
     for (ptr_channel = server->channels; ptr_channel;
          ptr_channel = ptr_channel->next_channel)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel_name) == 0)
             return ptr_channel;
     }
     return NULL;
diff --git a/weechat/src/irc/irc-nick.c b/weechat/src/irc/irc-nick.c
index af845e3f2..37d4aaf6c 100644
--- a/weechat/src/irc/irc-nick.c
+++ b/weechat/src/irc/irc-nick.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 
 /*
- * nick_find_color: find a color for a nick (less used will be better!)
+ * nick_find_color: find a color for a nick (according to nick letters)
  */
 
 int
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ nick_compare (t_irc_nick *nick1, t_irc_nick *nick2)
     score1 = nick_score_for_sort (nick1);
     score2 = nick_score_for_sort (nick2);
     
-    comp = strcasecmp(nick1->nick, nick2->nick);
+    comp = ascii_strcasecmp (nick1->nick, nick2->nick);
     if (comp > 0)
         score1++;
-    else
-        if (comp < 0)
-            score2++;
+    if (comp < 0)
+        score2++;
     
     /* nick1 > nick2 */
     if (score1 > score2)
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ nick_new (t_irc_channel *channel, char *nick_name,
     new_nick->is_halfop = is_halfop;
     new_nick->has_voice = has_voice;
     new_nick->is_away = 0;
-    if (strcasecmp (new_nick->nick, SERVER(channel->buffer)->nick) == 0)
+    if (ascii_strcasecmp (new_nick->nick, SERVER(channel->buffer)->nick) == 0)
         new_nick->color = COLOR_WIN_NICK_SELF;
     else
         new_nick->color = nick_find_color (new_nick);
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ nick_search (t_irc_channel *channel, char *nickname)
     for (ptr_nick = channel->nicks; ptr_nick;
          ptr_nick = ptr_nick->next_nick)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, nickname) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_nick->nick, nickname) == 0)
             return ptr_nick;
     }
     return NULL;
diff --git a/weechat/src/irc/irc-recv.c b/weechat/src/irc/irc-recv.c
index 781e0db9a..eecefc12d 100644
--- a/weechat/src/irc/irc-recv.c
+++ b/weechat/src/irc/irc-recv.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ irc_recv_command (t_irc_server *server, char *entire_line,
     cmd_found = -1;
     for (i = 0; irc_commands[i].command_name; i++)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (irc_commands[i].command_name, command) == 0)
         {
             cmd_found = i;
             break;
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ irc_cmd_recv_nick (t_irc_server *server, char *host, char *arguments)
         if ((SERVER(ptr_buffer) == server) && BUFFER_IS_PRIVATE(ptr_buffer))
         {
             if ((CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name)
-                && (strcasecmp (host, CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name) == 0))
+                && (ascii_strcasecmp (host, CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name) == 0))
             {
                 free (CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name);
                 CHANNEL(ptr_buffer)->name = strdup (arguments);
@@ -1104,9 +1104,9 @@ irc_cmd_recv_notice (t_irc_server *server, char *host, char *arguments)
                 gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT, ": ");
             }
             gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT, "%s\n", pos);
-            if ((host) && (strcasecmp (host, "nickserv") != 0) &&
-                (strcasecmp (host, "chanserv") != 0) &&
-                (strcasecmp (host, "memoserv") != 0))
+            if ((host) && (ascii_strcasecmp (host, "nickserv") != 0) &&
+                (ascii_strcasecmp (host, "chanserv") != 0) &&
+                (ascii_strcasecmp (host, "memoserv") != 0))
             {
                 hotlist_add (HOTLIST_PRIVATE, server->buffer);
                 gui_draw_buffer_status (gui_current_window->buffer, 1);
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ irc_cmd_recv_privmsg (t_irc_server *server, char *host, char *arguments)
                 while (pos_port[0] == ' ')
                     pos_port++;
                 
-                if (strcasecmp (pos_file, "chat") != 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (pos_file, "chat") != 0)
                 {
                     irc_display_prefix (server->buffer, PREFIX_ERROR);
                     gui_printf_nolog (server->buffer,
diff --git a/weechat/src/irc/irc-send.c b/weechat/src/irc/irc-send.c
index fa1a1bb92..854e73311 100644
--- a/weechat/src/irc/irc-send.c
+++ b/weechat/src/irc/irc-send.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ irc_cmd_send_ctcp (t_irc_server *server, char *arguments)
         gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT, ": ");
         gui_printf_color (server->buffer, COLOR_WIN_CHAT_CHANNEL, "%s", pos_type);
         
-        if ((strcasecmp (pos_type, "ping") == 0) && (!pos_args))
+        if ((ascii_strcasecmp (pos_type, "ping") == 0) && (!pos_args))
         {
             gettimeofday (&tv, &tz);
             server_sendf (server, "PRIVMSG %s :\01PING %d %d\01\r\n",
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ irc_cmd_send_dcc (t_irc_server *server, char *arguments)
         
         dcc_send_request (server, DCC_CHAT_SEND, pos_nick, NULL);
     }
-    else if (strcasecmp (arguments, "close") == 0)
+    else if (ascii_strcasecmp (arguments, "close") == 0)
     {
         if (BUFFER_IS_PRIVATE(gui_current_window->buffer) &&
             CHANNEL(gui_current_window->buffer)->dcc_chat)
diff --git a/weechat/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c b/weechat/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c
index 18dc7614f..010f72273 100644
--- a/weechat/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c
+++ b/weechat/src/plugins/perl/wee-perl.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_register)
     for (ptr_perl_script = perl_scripts; ptr_perl_script;
          ptr_perl_script = ptr_perl_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
         {
             perl_script_found = ptr_perl_script;
             break;
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_print_with_channel)
     for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server;
          ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
     {
-        if (!server || (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server)) == 0)
+        if (!server || (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server)) == 0)
         {
             for (ptr_channel = ptr_server->channels; ptr_channel;
                  ptr_channel = ptr_channel->next_channel)
             {
-                if (strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel) == 0)
+                if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_channel->name, channel) == 0)
                 {
                     ptr_buffer = ptr_channel->buffer;
                     break;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_command)
         command = SvPV (ST (1), integer);
         for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server; ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
                 break;
         }
         if (!ptr_server)
@@ -383,30 +383,30 @@ static XS (XS_IRC_get_info)
     
     if (arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
         {
             XST_mIV (0, SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
             XSRETURN (1);
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static XS (XS_weechat_register)
     for (ptr_perl_script = perl_scripts; ptr_perl_script;
          ptr_perl_script = ptr_perl_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_perl_script->name, name) == 0)
         {
             perl_script_found = ptr_perl_script;
             break;
@@ -731,36 +731,36 @@ static XS (XS_weechat_get_info)
     arg = SvPV (ST (0), integer);
     if (arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) ) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( ptr_server && ( (strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
+        else if ( ptr_server && ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) ) )
         {
             XST_mIV (0, SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
             XSRETURN (1);
             return;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
         {
             int nItems = 0;
             t_irc_dcc *p = dcc_list;
diff --git a/weechat/src/plugins/plugins.c b/weechat/src/plugins/plugins.c
index 089b34191..8fc51a026 100644
--- a/weechat/src/plugins/plugins.c
+++ b/weechat/src/plugins/plugins.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ plugin_handler_search (t_plugin_handler *plugin_handlers, char *name)
          ptr_plugin_handler = ptr_plugin_handler->next_handler)
     {
         /* handler found */
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, name) == 0)
             return ptr_plugin_handler;
     }
     /* handler not found */
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ plugin_event_msg (char *irc_command, char *server, char *arguments)
     for (ptr_plugin_handler = plugin_msg_handlers; ptr_plugin_handler;
          ptr_plugin_handler = ptr_plugin_handler->next_handler)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, irc_command) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, irc_command) == 0)
         {
 #ifdef PLUGIN_PERL
             if (ptr_plugin_handler->plugin_type == PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ plugin_exec_command (char *user_command, char *server, char *arguments)
     for (ptr_plugin_handler = plugin_cmd_handlers; ptr_plugin_handler;
          ptr_plugin_handler = ptr_plugin_handler->next_handler)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, user_command) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_plugin_handler->name, user_command) == 0)
         {
 #ifdef PLUGIN_PERL
             if (ptr_plugin_handler->plugin_type == PLUGIN_TYPE_PERL)
diff --git a/weechat/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c b/weechat/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c
index d1fd2d901..c3f5860be 100644
--- a/weechat/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c
+++ b/weechat/src/plugins/python/wee-python.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ wee_python_register (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     for (ptr_python_script = python_scripts; ptr_python_script;
          ptr_python_script = ptr_python_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_python_script->name, name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_python_script->name, name) == 0)
         {
             python_script_found = ptr_python_script;
             break;
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ wee_python_get_info (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     {
         for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server; ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, server) == 0)
                 break;
         }
         if (!ptr_server)
@@ -336,34 +336,34 @@ wee_python_get_info (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     
     if (ptr_server && arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "nick") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "server") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "away") == 0) )
         {	 
             return Py_BuildValue ("i", SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
         }
-	else if ( (strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
+	else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "100") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (arg, "dccs") == 0) )
         {
 	  t_irc_dcc *p = dcc_list;
 	  int nbdccs = 0;
diff --git a/weechat/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c b/weechat/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c
index 449b9b003..edf774926 100644
--- a/weechat/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c
+++ b/weechat/src/plugins/ruby/wee-ruby.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ wee_ruby_register (VALUE class, VALUE name, VALUE version, VALUE shutdown_func,
     for (ptr_ruby_script = ruby_scripts; ptr_ruby_script;
          ptr_ruby_script = ptr_ruby_script->next_script)
     {
-        if (strcasecmp (ptr_ruby_script->name, c_name) == 0)
+        if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_ruby_script->name, c_name) == 0)
         {
             ruby_script_found = ptr_ruby_script;
             break;
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ wee_ruby_get_info (VALUE class, VALUE arg, VALUE server_name)
     {
         for (ptr_server = irc_servers; ptr_server; ptr_server = ptr_server->next_server)
         {
-            if (strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, c_server_name) == 0)
+            if (ascii_strcasecmp (ptr_server->name, c_server_name) == 0)
                 break;
         }
         if (!ptr_server)
@@ -372,34 +372,34 @@ wee_ruby_get_info (VALUE class, VALUE arg, VALUE server_name)
     
     if (ptr_server && c_arg)
     {
-        if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "0") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "version") == 0) )
+        if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "0") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "version") == 0) )
         {
             info = PACKAGE_STRING;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "1") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "nick") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "1") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "nick") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->nick)
                 info = ptr_server->nick;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "2") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "channel") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "2") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "channel") == 0) )
         {
             if (BUFFER_IS_CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer))
                 info = CHANNEL (gui_current_window->buffer)->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "3") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "server") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "3") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "server") == 0) )
         {
             if (ptr_server->name)
                 info = ptr_server->name;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "4") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "4") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "weechatdir") == 0) )
         {
             info = weechat_home;
         }
-        else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "5") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "away") == 0) )
+        else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "5") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "away") == 0) )
         {	 
             return INT2FIX (SERVER(gui_current_window->buffer)->is_away);
         }
-	else if ( (strcasecmp (c_arg, "100") == 0) || (strcasecmp (c_arg, "dccs") == 0) )
+	else if ( (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "100") == 0) || (ascii_strcasecmp (c_arg, "dccs") == 0) )
         {
             /* TODO: build dcc list */
 	}