diff --git a/bus/global.c b/bus/global.c
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+/* -*- mode: C; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*- */
+/* vim:set et sts=4: */
+/* ibus - The Input Bus
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Peng Huang <shawn.p.huang@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "global.h"
+
+gchar **g_argv = NULL;
+gchar *g_address = "unix:tmpdir=/tmp";
+gchar *g_cache = "auto";
+gboolean g_mempro = FALSE;
+gboolean g_verbose = FALSE;
+gint   g_gdbus_timeout = 5000;
+#ifdef G_THREADS_ENABLED
+gint   g_monitor_timeout = 0;
+#endif
+
+
diff --git a/bus/global.h b/bus/global.h
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+/* vim:set et sts=4: */
+/* ibus - The Input Bus
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Peng Huang <shawn.p.huang@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Google, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef __BUS_GLOBAL_H_
+#define __BUS_GLOBAL_H_
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+extern gchar **g_argv;
+extern gchar *g_address;
+extern gchar *g_cache;
+extern gboolean g_mempro;
+extern gboolean g_verbose;
+extern gint   g_gdbus_timeout;
+#ifdef G_THREADS_ENABLED
+extern gint   g_monitor_timeout;
+#endif
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif
+