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[gaim-migrate @ 12885] Wherever possible, allow users to act on objects and data directly, rather than through dialogs or explicit commands. For example, it is more intuitive to drag a circle object around in a diagram rather than selecting a "Move" command from a menu while the circle is selected. Simlarly, in an email application, allow the user to attach files by dragging them from the file manager and dropping them onto the message composition window if they wish. -- GNOME HIG This allows direct manipulation of buddy aliases and group names, by moving the features from dialogs to GtkTreeView's inline editing. I think this is a great change, but it seems like the type of thing that might stir up controversy. If so, take it to the mailing list for discussion. If not, I'll go ahead and perfect this sometime later. -s. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

/**
 * @file core.h Gaim Core API
 * @defgroup core Gaim Core
 *
 * gaim
 *
 * Gaim is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous
 * to list here.  Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this
 * source distribution.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
#ifndef _GAIM_CORE_H_
#define _GAIM_CORE_H_

typedef struct GaimCore GaimCore;

typedef struct
{
	void (*ui_prefs_init)(void);
	void (*debug_ui_init)(void); /* Unfortunate necessity. */
	void (*ui_init)(void);
	void (*quit)(void);

} GaimCoreUiOps;

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**
 * Initializes the core of gaim.
 *
 * This will setup preferences for all the core subsystems.
 *
 * @param ui The ID of the UI using the core. This should be a
 *           unique ID, registered with the gaim team.
 *
 * @return @c TRUE if successful, or @c FALSE otherwise.
 */
gboolean gaim_core_init(const char *ui);

/**
 * Quits the core of gaim, which, depending on the UI, may quit the
 * application using the gaim core.
 */
void gaim_core_quit(void);

/**
 * Calls gaim_core_quit().  This can be used as the function 
 * passed to gaim_timeout_add() when you want to shutdown Gaim 
 * in a specified amount of time.  When shutting down Gaim 
 * from a plugin, you must use this with a timeout value of 0: 
 *   gaim_timeout_add(0, gaim_core_quitcb, NULL);
 * This is ensures that code from your plugin is not being 
 * executed when gaim_core_quit() is called.  Otherwise you 
 * would get a core dump after gaim_core_quit() executes and 
 * control returns to your plugin because gaim_core_quit() frees 
 * all plugins.
 */
gboolean gaim_core_quit_cb(gpointer unused);

/**
 * Returns the version of the core library.
 *
 * @return The version of the core library.
 */
const char *gaim_core_get_version(void);

/**
 * Returns the ID of the UI that is using the core.
 *
 * @return The ID of the UI that is currently using the core.
 */
const char *gaim_core_get_ui(void);

/**
 * Returns a handle to the gaim core.
 *
 * This is used for such things as signals.
 */
GaimCore *gaim_get_core(void);

/**
 * Sets the UI ops for the core.
 *
 * @param A UI ops structure for the core.
 */
void gaim_core_set_ui_ops(GaimCoreUiOps *ops);

/**
 * Returns the UI ops for the core.
 *
 * @return The core's UI ops structure.
 */
GaimCoreUiOps *gaim_core_get_ui_ops(void);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* _GAIM_CORE_H_ */

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