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Lookup the default First and Last name values for bonjour on win32 in a thread to avoid delays when the plugin is being loaded. Apparently for some people the delay is quite significant when they're part of a domain, but the domain server isn't accessible.

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.