annotate PROGRAMMING_NOTES @ 8071:4dede940939c

[gaim-migrate @ 8769] (22:19:37) deryni: LSchiere2: yay, you have commit access, want to fix gaim_blist_node_set_int? setting->type = GAIM_BLIST_NODE_SETTING_STRING; to setting->type = GAIM_BLIST_NODE_SETTING_INT; unless I'm missing something. (22:19:56) marv: Sean should be careful, I not really sure, but it sounds like that lucus guy might be decompiling too. (22:19:58) LSchiere2: deryni: what in the world are you talking about? (22:20:14) deryni: LSchiere2: sorry, let's try this slower (22:20:26) deryni: I think gaim_blist_node_set_int in blist.c is broken (22:21:30) deryni: I think the "setting->type = " is wrong, should be _SETTING_INT not _SETTING_STRING (22:22:03) LSchiere2: deryni: that's where you loose me. where am i looking? (22:22:26) deryni: line 2570 here 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)