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[gaim-migrate @ 5524] 1) Added neat little protocol icons next to the set away message menu when you have more than one account signed on. I basically just copied Nathan's code, so it should be ok. 2) Changed the horizontal rules in the away message menu so they show up for me. This is how horizontal rules are done in other menus, I'm not sure why the away message menu was different. 3) Moved 2 gtkish functions from util.c to gtkutils.c. Earlier I used one of these functions, and then earlier, but not as early, I realized that gtkutils.c existed, so I put 2 and 2 together and realized you were probably flying somewhere. Well then, let's put another shrimp on the barbi'! 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)