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[gaim-migrate @ 10464] Changes to those get_alias functions in blist.c from Christopher (siege) O'Brien: Renames gaim_get_buddy_alias to gaim_buddy_get_alias Renames gaim_get_buddy_alias_only to _gaim_buddy_get_alias_only Adds function gaim_buddy_get_contact_alias, which looks up a buddy's appropriate display name by order of: buddy alias; contact alias; server alias; buddy name. Note that the buddy alias is still the top-priority. Changed conversation.c to use _get_contact_alias rather than _get_alias The end result of this is that aliasing the contact will result in conversations with any of that contact's buddies using the contact alias. This allows people like myself to no longer have to alias each buddy to the same alias in order to achieve the same effect. 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)