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Each PurpleSmiley has a PurpleStoredImage behind it, so there's no need to go and create a new one when someone asks for one. Also, ignore requests for smileys that don't exist in the image store.

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.