diff -r df2a6780cdf9 -r 74f6a0b01ddf log_formatter.py
--- a/log_formatter.py	Wed Feb 11 01:00:18 2009 +0200
+++ b/log_formatter.py	Wed Feb 11 01:21:22 2009 +0200
@@ -35,13 +35,19 @@
         self.img_ttf_path = img_ttf_path
         self.img_font_size = img_font_size
     
-    def _format_line_text (self, line, template_dict, full_timestamp=False) :
+    def _format_line_text (self, line, template_dict, type=None, full_timestamp=False) :
         """
-            Format the given line as text, using the given { type: string template } dict
+            Format the given line as text, using the given { type: string template } dict.
+            
+            If type is given, then it overrides line.type
         """
+
+        # default type?
+        if type is None :
+            type = line.type
             
         # look up the template
-        template = template_dict[line.type]
+        template = template_dict[type]
         
         # convert timestamp into display timezone
         dtz = line.timestamp.astimezone(self.tz)
@@ -173,6 +179,7 @@
         LogTypes.QUIT       : "%(timestamp)s -!- %(source_nickname)s [%(source_username)s@%(source_hostname)s] has quit [%(message)s]",
 
         LogTypes.TOPIC      : "%(timestamp)s -!- %(source_nickname)s changed the topic of %(channel_name)s to: %(message)s",
+        'TOPIC_UNSET'       : "%(timestamp)s -!- Topic unset by %(source_nickname)s on %(channel_name)s",
 
         LogTypes.SELF_NOTICE: "%(timestamp)s -%(source_nickname)s- %(message)s",
         LogTypes.SELF_NICK  : "%(timestamp)s -!- %(source_nickname)s is now known as %(target_nickname)s",
@@ -181,8 +188,15 @@
     def format_txt (self, lines, full_timestamps=False) :
         # ...handle each line
         for line in lines :
+            # specialcases
+            if line.type == LogTypes.TOPIC and line.data is None :
+                type = 'TOPIC_UNSET'
+            
+            else :
+                type = line.type
+
             # using __TYPES
-            yield line, self._format_line_text(line, self.__FMT, full_timestamps)
+            yield line, self._format_line_text(line, self.__FMT, type, full_timestamps)
 
 class IrssiFormatter (BaseHTMLFormatter, IrssiTextFormatter) :
     """
@@ -206,7 +220,7 @@
         # iterate
         for line in lines :
             # just dump
-            yield line, repr(line)
+            yield line, str(line)
 
 def by_name (name) :
     """