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refmiscinfo class="date">28 Jul 2008</
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refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man3;</
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refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</
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13741N/Acore IM library</
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refname>&cmd;</
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13741N/Acore IM library</
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title>&desc-tt;</
title>
13741N/A&cmd; is a core library to be used by IM programs. It is used by
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citerefentry>.
13741N/Alibpurple library could connect to the IM networks, manage accounts and
13741N/Apreferences, and other helpful things. When using libpurple, you will
13741N/Abasically be writing a UI for this core code. pidgin is a GTK+ frontend to
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title>&file-tt;</
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para>The following files are used:</
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usr/
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para>Core IM library of Pidgin</
para>
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title>&attr-tt;</
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para>See <
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refentrytitle>attributes</
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13691N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</
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entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</
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entry align="center" 13691N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</
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para>Availability</
para></
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entry><
para>SUNWgnome-im-client
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entry colname="COLSPEC0"><
para>Interface stability</
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para>Volatile</
para></
entry></
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title>&also-tt;</
title>
13691N/A<!--Reference to another man page--> 13691N/A<!--Reference to a Help manual--> 13741N/A<
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refentrytitle>pidgin</
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refentrytitle>libpurple-client</
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citerefentry>,
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refentrytitle>attributes</
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manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
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refentrytitle>gnome-interfaces</
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manvolnum>5</
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filename>&cmd information:</
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refsect1 id="libpurple-3-note"><
title>¬e-tt;</
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para>Written by Rick Ju, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.</
para>