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Looking at purple_contact_set_alias and purple_blist_alias_contact functions in blist.c, the only difference I see is that the latter function notifies any existing conversation with the contact so that it can update its title, while the former doesn't. I can't think of a reason why they should behave differently, or why we should have both of them. I was going to deprecate purple_blist_alias_contact in favour of purple_contact_set_alias, but seeing we do purple_blist_alias_ for buddy and chats, I am deprecating purple_contact_set_alias instead. OK?

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.