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[gaim-migrate @ 17921] Etan had changed the account notify stuff so that the prpl decides if the person is a buddy or not; I totally wiped that out with my authorization stuff. This brings it back. Additionally, I added a googletalk flag to JabberStream which can determine at runtime if you're connected to Google Talk. All of the Google Talk extensions can be detected individually with disco, but this might be used for working with perfectly standard XMPP that's implemented in what might be considered a quirky way in Google Talk. For instance, Google Talk automatically adds buddies to your roster when you authorize them to add you. I was going to use this flag so that the Jabber prpl would never ask me to add a Google Talk buddy who's just been automatically added anyway. I decided to keep it, though, since I may still want to specify what group he's in. This opens the door for more Google Talk customization though >:) 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)