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There is code above these lines, just before the start of the switch(), that validates that curitem->name is utf8. So we don't need to bother with oscar_utf8_try_convert() here. I know there has been some concern in the past about some people having non-utf8 names in their server list and wanting Pidgin to deal with that intelligently... all I can say is this commit shouldn't change the current functionality. It looks like we currently ignore groups from the server list if they're non-utf8, and it looks like it's been that way since at least 2.7.3, and more likely before then.

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.