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Use the ui_info hash table instead of prefs when passing the clientstring and distid from the UIs to the oscar prpl. I realized that using a pref wasn't great because it's persistent, and if you switch from a UI that sets one of those strings to a UI that doesn't hen we'll keep using the old value.

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.