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The first few of many updates needed for the man page. This round: * Updates the AUTHORS section to more closely resemble the About box * Updates the formatting toolbar section to match the current reality * Updates Buddy Pounces section to reflect Kevin's new pounce dialog * Changes AWAY MESSAGES to STATUS MESSAGES and updates that information to be more current.

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.