annotate PLUGIN_HOWTO @ 28943:1cf9103727f2

jabber: Remove a funky workaround for an (old) OpenSSL crash. I don't think this is an issue anymore; since 122423d4 (mid-2009), gc->disconnect_timeout is set to 0 before calling jabber_close, so these checks never trigger on connection errors (they still do if someone calls purple_connection_error_reason followed immediately by purple_account_disconnect, but I don't think that was the issue here). If this introduces regressions (presumably in Adium), it can be reverted, but Adium betas have been running post-122423d4 versions for the last few.

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.