Forcing the encode utf-8 in xchat

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
version =  "1.0"
 
__module_name__ = "forceutf-8.py"
__module_version__ = version
 
import xchat
 
class Change:
    
    def __init__(self): 
        xchat.prnt("script para forzar el encode a utf-8 version %s cargado!" % (version))
        xchat.command("charset UTF-8")
 
    def change(self,word,word_eol,userdata):
        return xchat.EAT_XCHAT
      
 
control = Change()
xchat.hook_command("rola",control.change)