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[gaim-migrate @ 14205] SF Patch #1342017 from sadrul "This patch allows a user to change brush color during the doodle-session. This patch is mostly a rough one to get an idea whether the approach is correct. To make things simple, I have kept brush_size and brush_color in GaimGtkWhiteboard, although it's there in doodle_session. It could be in either place, although I would think it's best to be in GaimGtkWhiteboard because any/most implementations of doodle-ing would have these attributes. So keeping them within the prpl may not be the best option? Anyway, considering the brush-size and color stay at the prpl for now, I have introduced two functions in GaimWhiteboardPrplOps to get/set the size and color of the brush from the prpl. rekkanoryo (using Y! 7) and I (using gaim) have tested this, and it seemed to work OK." Plus, I cleaned up a whole bunch of code. My apologies for this all being committed together, but it was a case of "Oh, this will be quick." that lead into hours of making intertwined changes. 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.

- Open binary files when reading or writing with 'b' mode.

  e.g: fopen("somefile", "wb");

  Not doing so will open files in windows using defaut translation mode. 
  i.e. newline -> <CR><LF>

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)