annotate PLUGIN_HOWTO @ 31682:e2c6e4fc3c84

Start looking at the GError parameter every time we call these functions: - gdk_pixbuf_loader_write - gdk_pixbuf_loader_close - gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file - gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size - gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale There are times when gdkpixbuf returns a semi-invalid GdkPixbuf object and also sets the GError. If this happens we want to discard and ignore the GdkPixbuf object because it can cause problems. For example, calling gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple() causes gdkpixbuf to rapidly consume memory in an infinite loop. And that's bad. This commit adds some helper functions to gtkutils.[c|h] that make it a little easier to check the GError value. We should use them everywhere we call any of the above functions.

For information on writing a plugin for Purple, Pidgin or Finch, go
http://developer.pidgin.im and click on API.  From there, see the
HOWTOs in the "Related Pages" section.

You can also generate this documentation locally by installing
doxygen and graphviz dot, then running "make docs" in the
source tree.  The documentation will be in the docs/html directory.