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[gaim-migrate @ 9827] " - Makes (gaim_gtk_)append_blist_node_extended_menu and (gaim_gtk_)append_blist_node_proto_menu public so that plugins can use them to duplicate the right-click menus (Guifications needs this for right-clicking on the notification) - Adds extended menu support for Contacts - Removes the "drawing-menu" signal (It was UI specific, and no-one except the gevolution plugin used it) - Updates the gevolution plugin to use the new blist-node-extended-menu signal (I can't compile the gevolution plugin here, so my changes should be checked by someone who can :) ) - Updates the blist signals documentation with the new blist-node-extended-menu signal - Updates the signals-test.c plugin to handle blist-node-extended-menu, wrote/writing-im/chat-msg and fixes displayed-im/chat-msg handling" --Stu Tomlinson this moves a string but doesn't change it. 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)