annotate PROGRAMMING_NOTES @ 4200:c8fb43808a4b

[gaim-migrate @ 4431] I try to look at it like this: At least now I know a little more about va_args. So when you pass stuff through "...", gcc promotes the argument to an integer. So passing fu16_t because 4 bytes instead of 2. Then when using va_args, you have to use a type that is 4 bytes instead of 2. I guess va_args is different in gcc 2, in that, if you give it a 2 byte type, it will get 4 bytes anyway. Either that, or gcc2 doesn't promote stuff to 4 bytes when passed through .... Anyway, sorry to all gcc3.x users. This patch just fixes a little bit of whitespace stuff, again, for no real reason. 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)