PROGRAMMING_NOTES

Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:09:43 +0000

author
Matthew Smith <matthew@smigs.co.uk>
date
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:09:43 +0000
changeset 4059
a0819a8aeadc
parent 3713
c5e268f28597
child 4062
b397c19fe466
permissions
-rw-r--r--

[gaim-migrate @ 4269]
spelling and such:

" <Smigs> what's the 'proper' terminology? 'Buddies List'
or 'Buddy List'? It's inconsistant, though I'm seeing
more of 'Buddy List' than 'Buddies List' (I'm willing
to go through and correct them :P)
<LSchiere> i'd say "Buddy List"
<Paco-Paco> buddy list

The "Buddies List" -> "Buddy List" corrections are
mostly in gg.c (plus all the .po's). Other typos have
been corrected that I saw as I went through:
"buddylist" -> "buddy list" (I also corrected the .po's
in another instance of this that had already been fixed
in the actual file)
"sucessfully" -> "successfully"
"communicating to" -> "communicating with"
"Pleae tryagain" -> "Please try again"
"this users profile" -> "this user's profile"
"passord" -> "password"

All adds up to a pretty big patch.. hopefully it's all
correct :)"
--Matthew Smith (smigs)

committer: Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>

Notes on keeping GAIM OS independant
------------------------------------

General
-------
- 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.

PLUGINS & PROTOS
----------------

- 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)

mercurial