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The MSN client and server strips leading and trailing whitespace, so do the same locally before setting it, so that people don't think that their name actually included any. Also, there's no need to call strlen() to check that the length > 0. Fixes #9447 in a way.

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.