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[gaim-migrate @ 17778] SF Patch #1598994 from lexande Fixes SF Bug #1581999 Original Description: "The gaim 2.0.0beta5 log reader plugin uses the "Date" XML field in MSN logs, the format of which varies between locales, leading to logs being displayed on incorrect/future dates in locales that do not use the MM/DD/YYYY format. This patch fixes the plugin to use the "DateTime" field which has YYYY-MM-DD date in all locales." I totally Warmenhovened this patch. My approach: "I'm using the Date, Time, and DateTime fields. If I can determine that the log matches the current timezone, it'll display 100% properly in the log viewer. If it has a reasonable offset, it'll display as the original time, sort in the right place, but not have a timezone abbreviation. If the offset is bogus or I can't parse the Date or Time field, it'll display in UTC, but still sort properly. I think this is as ideal as is possible, given the data we have to work with." You don't have to understand this. ;) 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");

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)