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[gaim-migrate @ 4607] Thanks tp Aubin LaBrosse for a receive-file-transfer fix. Gaim no longer ignores file transfer sends where the other user didn't enter a description. I "fixed" invisibility with ICQ. Currently, if you set yourself to invisible you'll just show up as invisible on everyone's list. The fix is to set your permit/deny setting to "allow only the users below." ...and so this is a little ugly. Basically, parts of the permit/deny code need to be rewritten to allow the prpls to choose the names of the permit/deny lists, and allow a prpl to pick how many lists there are. ICQ has a visible list, an invisible list, and an ignore list. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

Notes on keeping GAIM OS independant
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General
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- Use G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S and G_DIR_SEPARATOR for paths

- Use g_getenv, g_snprintf, g_vsnprintf

- Use gaim_home_dir instead of g_get_home_dir or g_getenv("HOME")

- Make sure when including win32dep.h that it is the last header to
  be included.

Paths
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- DATADIR, LOCALEDIR & LIBDIR are defined in wingaim as functions.
  Doing the following will therefore break the windows build:

  printf("File in DATADIR is: %s\n", DATADIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "pic.png");

  it should be:

  printf("File in DATADIR is: %s%s%s\n", DATADIR, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "pic.png");

PLUGINS & PROTOS
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- G_MODULE_EXPORT all functions which are to be accessed from outside the
  scope of its "dll" or "so". (E.G. gaim_plugin_init)

- G_MODULE_IMPORT all global variables which are located outside your
  dynamic library. (E.G. connections)

  (Not doing this will cause "Memory Access Violations" in Win32)