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Part of a patch from: http://www.linuxpowertop.org/known.php#gaim "The GAIM instant messaging client checks every 5 seconds if you have been idle more than 10 minutes, to mark you away in the IM networks you're connected to." The patch changes the idle checking code: arjan: it's basically looking for "when is the next time I really care about idle"

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.