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NAME

Purple - Perl extension to the libpurple instant messenger library.

SYNOPSIS

  use Purple;

ABSTRACT

  This module provides the interface for using perl scripts as plugins
  in libpurple.

DESCRIPTION

This module provides the interface for using perl scripts as plugins in Purple. With this, developers can write perl scripts that can be loaded in Purple as plugins. The scripts can interact with IMs, chats, accounts, the buddy list, libpurple signals, and more.

The

for the perl interface is very similar to that of the Purple C which can be viewed at developer.pidgin.im/doxygen or in the header files in the Purple source tree.

FUNCTIONS

@accounts = Purple::accounts

Returns a list of all accounts, online or offline.

@chats = Purple::chats

Returns a list of all chats currently open.

@connections = Purple::connections

Returns a list of all active connections.

@conversations = Purple::conversations

Returns a list of all conversations, both

IM

and chat, currently open.

@conv_windows = Purple::conv_windows

Returns a list of all conversation windows currently open.

@ims = Purple::ims

Returns a list of all instant messages currently open.

SEE ALSO

Purple C documentation - developer.pidgin.im/doxygen

Purple website - pidgin.im

AUTHOR

Christian Hammond, <chipx86@gnupdate.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003 by Christian Hammond

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the General Public License (

). For more information, see www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt