view PLUGIN_HOWTO @ 29988:78f972c7de0e

Document the code I just touched, and use a convenience variable in a couple more places to make the code easier to read.

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.