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[gaim-migrate @ 13439] Patch #1226486 from Levi Bard Fixes bug #1224178 If you change the topic in a chat room and that topic change is rejected, the topic field is wrong -- it shows the new topic even thought it didn't get set. This patch resets the GUI's topic immediately when you hit enter. Then, if the topic change is successful, the server will echo the topic change back to us and we'll update the GUI to the new topic. The only question is, does the server always echo the topic back to us? From the core's point of view, I'm ready to assume yes. It's the case for both IRC and Jabber*. If someone could test changing a topic in SILC or Zephyr, that'd be great. If servers using those protocols do not echo the topic back, the prpl will have to fake it as appropriate. * I didn't actually test on Jabber, but Nathan said the server will echo the topic change back. If it's broken, let me know. 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)