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[gaim-migrate @ 5913] This fixes a bug where the global proxy hostname would often not get read from the .gaimrc file correctly. It is described in http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=743110&group_id=235&atid=100235 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=742985&group_id=235&atid=100235 The problem was that there was an extra new line at the end of the file, so gaimrc_parse_tag was unable to read in a new prefs section, and it would end up deciding that you were trying to read in the "proxy" section again because it used the same memory it used the previous time it was called, which meant that the buffer contained "proxy." I think I caused this with the following commit: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gaim/gaim/src/gaimrc.c.diff?r1=1.160&r2=1.162 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");

- When writing out paths to .gaimrc, use wgaim_escape_dirsep. This is necessary
  because the Windows dir separator '\' is being used to escape characters, when
  paths are read in from the .gaimrc file.

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)