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Sep 14, 2007, 1:14:05 AM (16 years ago)
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John Bailey
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capitalization fix
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| 6 | 6 | == About Plugin Actions == |
| 7 | | a Plugin Action allows you to add additional functionality to a libpurple UI. Where the functionality appears depends on the UI. In Pidgin, for example, each plugin's actions appear as a submenu in the Tools menu of the Buddy List window, with the submenu's title being the plugin's name (as described in the initial Hello, World! plugin). |
| | 7 | A Plugin Action allows you to add additional functionality to a libpurple UI. Where the functionality appears depends on the UI. In Pidgin, for example, each plugin's actions appear as a submenu in the Tools menu of the Buddy List window, with the submenu's title being the plugin's name (as described in the initial Hello, World! plugin). |
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| 9 | 9 | Many plugins choose to use plugin actions to introduce their functionality. The I'dle Mak'er plugin distributed with the Pidgin source code implements its functionality using a combination of plugin actions and the request API. The List Handler plugin, a third-party plugin, does this as well. Plugin actions are a flexible mechanism to introduce new functionality that isn't conversation-specific or may not exactly fit anywhere else. |
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