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Add a 'purple.h' that includes the defines and other header files required to compile against libpurple. Thanks to John 'rekkanoryo' Bailey for the nice description. This should get rid of all the G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED compile errors many people keep getting. Closes #2524.

For information on writing a plugin for Purple, Pidgin or Finch, go
http://developer.pidgin.im and click on API.  From there, see the HOWTOs in the
"Related Pages" section.

You can also generate this documentation locally by installing
doxygen and graphviz dot, then running "make docs" in the
source tree.  The documentation will be in the docs/html directory.