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[gaim-migrate @ 4226] spelling fixes from John B. Silvestri. quoth he: While looking through the .todo (the web version, actually) for something, my cable modem chose to drop my connection. In a fit of boredom, I've gone ahead and proofread the todo for typos. I could have gone crazy and capitalized the first letter of every sentence, but I was not that bored :-). These are just a few little typos. For some reason, I have a knack at spotting these things, and somehow it just seems better to have it right, even for developers :). [Added note: It later occurred to me to run the .todo through a spellchecker, which caught about twice as many new typos as my eyes caught - hint: "I before E, except after C, and a few odd cases (their, weigh, etc.).] 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.

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)