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[gaim-migrate @ 6821] This is: -Alphabetize the translation things in ChangeLog -Spell Brian Tarricone's name correctly (I hope...) -A fix for a crash when renaming a group containing a chat, thanks to javabsp. Me gusta this change. -Make the rename group dialog use gaim_request_input(). The old dialog may be a bit prettier, but this one uses the request code, which means less work for UIs, which rocks. -Change the TRUE and FALSE defines in aim.h to be more compatible with c++. Thanks to Zack Rusin for this change. -Declare aim.h as a C file when it is used in a c++ program. This should let libfaim be used in C++ programs such as kopete. Thanks again to Zack Rusin. -Rename aimutil_itemidx() to aimutil_itemindex(). "idx" is not a standard abbreviation, and code is written once and read many times--it should be easily readable. -Not an automatic laundry folding machine. So I'm going to do that. (Fold my laundry) (Not automatically) (yet) 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)