C Plugin How-To

This document is a stub page. Its sole purpose is to provide convenient and easy-to-find linkage to the actual tutorials on plugin development. We will cover a variety of topics, as outlined below.

1. Basic C Plugin How-To - Start here. This covers the core basics needed to write a plugin.
2. Plugin Actions How-To - This covers using the Plugin Actions facilities to provide additional features.
3. Choosing Plugin ID's - This covers how to properly select a plugin ID.
4. Debug API How-To - This covers using the libpurple debug API to generate debugging messages for your plugin.
5. Request API How-To - This covers using the Request API to request input from the user.
6. Notify API How-To - This covers using the notify API to inform the user of events.
7. Signals How-To - This covers using signals to detect events and act accordingly.