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Structured reply messages should rather not be enclosed in the ::DATA: format. For links, also indicate if the reply message is in a structured format rather than the callback having to try and guess based on the first new bytes of the message.

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.