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[gaim-migrate @ 4520] Our cable was out again, so I was left doing dull stuff. I changed the alias_buddy prpl function so that it takes the alias as well as just the buddy name. It seemed silly not to pass the alias to a function that changes the alias. I added a call back for this prpl function in oscar.c. This has the effect of, when you add/change/remove the alias of a buddy, it also changes the alias in the server list. I changed some normalize calls in oscar.c because I think it's better this way. I could be wrong. I added the ability to re-request authorization from contacts that have not authorized you yet. Just right-click on those mofo's. I shuffled some functions around. oscar.c is a little messy. Our cable was out some today. Here's the message they have when you call their customer support: "All high speed data customers in the 919 and 252 area code may experience flashing status lights on their cable modems with inability to access online services at this time." 919 is basically all of Raleigh. I'm going to estimate at least 10,000 people with Time Warner cable. That's a lot of people. Time Warner sucks. This is from a few hours today: "15566 packets transmitted, 598 packets received, +8 duplicates, 96% packet loss" 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)