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[gaim-migrate @ 14782] SF Patch #1373967 from charkins "This patch requires #1372898 to be applied first. It adds two 3-way preferences to the docklet plugin to determine when the tray icon should blink. One pref is for unread IM messages, the other for unread chat messages. The options for each: im: never, when hidden, always chat: never, when nick said, always I've set the defaults to match the 1.x behavior (when hidden for im, never for chat)." This patch provided a function used by a previous patch. I undid my (now incorrect) changes there. I modified this to have a limit to the number of tooltips to display. I also tweaked the preference strings a bit. So, blame me if those things are wrong. ;) 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)