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[gaim-migrate @ 17127] This fixes titles containing double-column wide characters for me. Editing of double-column characters in gntentry remains a bit bustinated (though it is my recollection that it worked at one time). This additionally does not require wcwidth() and its attendant funkiness. The version of gnt_util_onscreen_width_to_pointer in this commit *appears* to do what the extant version was supposed to do, though I'm not sure I grokked it fully; it does correct the rendering glitches for me. I'm not at all comfortable with the de-constification of the input string and attendant return of the de-constified pointer. Sadrul will have to let me know what is supposed to happen there. Output on non-UTF-8 terminals is not correct, but was not correct before, either. 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)