annotate PROGRAMMING_NOTES @ 4282:aa20cc16dc08

[gaim-migrate @ 4533] Let's see here... I kinda rewrote normalize. I think it should be more efficient this way, because memory isn't allocated. I dunno. That function is called quite a bit, though. The ngettext thing is cool, but having parameters in the right order is cooler. :-) I made is so aliases on the server list overwrite the local aliases. They would only be the same if you sign on elsewhere and change them, so this should be ok. I renamed some variables in ssi.c. Time Warner is still a horrible, horrible company. 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)