diff -urN xchat-gnome-0.24.0/src/fe-gnome/xtext.c xchat-gnome-0.24.0.new/src/fe-gnome/xtext.c
--- xchat-gnome-0.24.0/src/fe-gnome/xtext.c	2008-09-07 16:18:10.000000000 +0200
+++ xchat-gnome-0.24.0.new/src/fe-gnome/xtext.c	2008-10-12 00:28:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -77,9 +77,16 @@
 #endif
 
 /* is delimiter */
-#define is_del(c) \
-	(c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == ')' || c == '(' || \
-	 c == '>' || c == '<' || c == ATTR_RESET || c == ATTR_BOLD || c == 0)
+static int is_del(const char *c) {
+	int ret;
+	ret = 0;
+	ret = (c[0] == ' ' || c[0] == '\n' || c[0] == ')' || c[0] == '(' || 
+	 c[0] == '>' || c[0] == '<' || c[0] == ATTR_RESET || c[0] == ATTR_BOLD || c == 0);
+	if(!ret) {
+		ret = strncmp(c, "“", 3) == 0 || strncmp(c, "”", 3) == 0;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
 
 #ifdef SCROLL_HACK
 /* force scrolling off */
@@ -1813,6 +1820,7 @@
 	int offset;
 	unsigned char *str;
 	unsigned char *word;
+	unsigned char *nstr;
 	int len;
 	int out_of_bounds = 0;
 
@@ -1833,16 +1841,16 @@
 
 	str = ent->str + offset;
 
-	while (!is_del (*str) && str != ent->str)
-		str--;
-	word = str + 1;
+	while (!is_del(str))
+		str = g_utf8_prev_char(str);
+	word = g_utf8_next_char(str);
 
 	len = 0;
 	str = word;
-	while (!is_del (*str) && len != ent->str_len)
-	{
-		str++;
-		len++;
+	while (!is_del(str) && len != ent->str_len) {
+		nstr = g_utf8_next_char(str);
+		len += nstr - str;
+		str = nstr;
 	}
 
 	if (len > 0 && word[len-1]=='.')
@@ -3882,7 +3890,7 @@
 				}
 
 				/* keep a record of the last space, for wordwrapping */
-				if (is_del (*str))
+				if (g_unichar_isspace(g_utf8_get_char(str)))
 				{
 					last_space = str;
 					limit_offset = 0;