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[gaim-migrate @ 4512] <Robot101> commit message: <Robot101> wait <Robot101> don't apply that <Robot101> bloody gedit <Robot101> there we go <Robot101> fixed it <Robot101> patch to fix docklet crash on unload, thanks to Nicol?s Lichtmaier for identifying the problem and fix, and Kristian Rietveld for implementing it <Robot101> also implements a blinking icon when messages are pending & credits people correctly in ChangeLog <Robot101> and for the record, it was Nicol?s Lichtmaier who did the icon factory stuff last night * Robot101 hops up and down <Robot101> patchy merge merge! < ChipX86> fine. <Robot101> yay =) 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.

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)