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[gaim-migrate @ 5469] This is some IM image dialog fixes from Ka-Hing Cheung. It makes "Conversation->Insert Image..." work if you have not used the button on the toolbar yet. It makes clicking the button on the toolbar twice close the select image dialog, and it makes closing the image dialog toggle the insert image button back to an unpressed state. Thanks javabsp, youdaman. Also, my ICQ icon for unauthorized buddies is probably getting committed. I'll commit the code that uses it later sometime. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
date Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:01:54 +0000
parents 59ff9d0b7b85
children 10b5ac17fdd6
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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)