PROGRAMMING_NOTES

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:09:30 +0000

author
Eoin Coffey <ecoffey@soc.pidgin.im>
date
Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:09:30 +0000
changeset 11980
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[gaim-migrate @ 14273]
Mono cleanup patch from Eoin Coffey

First, I changed mono_loader_ to ml_, since I was
getting sick of typing mono_loader_ :-D

Moved the mono runtime init and deinit code out of
mono.c into ml_init and ml_uninit in mono-helper.c

Added api/Status.cs and loader/status-glue.c so the
.net api now knows very little (as in the 'id') of
statuses.

committer: Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>

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)

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