Insert line breaks into an IRC message

Question

I'm trying to programmatically send IRC messages with the PRIVMSG command. IRC uses CRLF to delimit separate commands, so "enter" is the end of each command.

I want to send a single message with line breaks in it so that the recipient (a human IRC user) sees a response with breaks. Is this possible? Can I use some other line break character? Should I just split the message at linebreaks and send them as multiple messages?

Wilmington

Answer 1

IRC protocol does not allow CR and/or LF in its message, except for CRLF at the end. See RFC 1459 for detail.

Laomedon

So the only way to send a true multiline message is by using CRLF? – Lysenkoism

I think it is not possible. tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1459#section-8 recognition that any LF or CR anywhere in a message marks the end of that message (instead of requiring CR-LF); – Research

IRC v3 includes multiline message as far as August 2021 it is still a work-in-progress specification. – Broderickbrodeur