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Rearrange these files a bit to group common functions together. Use a variable to store the pointer to the private GObject data which avoids extra casting. Also, use the GObject way of allocating a private data structure.

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.