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[gaim-migrate @ 17841] Ok... let's throw this to the wild. Support for "So-and-so want's authorization" in the core. It creates a new mini-dialog in the blist for this with an Authorize and Deny button, which do as you might imagine. Clicking Authorize will also spawn an "Add buddy" dialog if that person isn't already a buddy. I'm not sure I like this, since I never add buddies that I authorize, but it seems the best option. I considered a checkbox in the dialog (but it only applies when you hit "Authorize," which could be weird), and a third "Authorize and Add" button (but that was too big for the blist). I'll come back to the UI later, I'm sure. I'd like to see that the prpl changes all work. Yahoo, especially, looked confusing, and had the most changes. I'm mostly happy with this. 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)