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Ignore nicknames which are just the user portion of the JID, as these aren't useful. Instead, prefer the fullname in that situation for serverside alias purposes.

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.