FAQ

Frequently asked questions

I have installed plugin but it is not in plugins list.

You will need to restart Pidgin after first installation so that Pidgin can find it.

(Linux) If you have compiled Pidgin from source, the default location (unless configured)for pidgin plugins is "/usr/local/lib/pidgin". So you will have to manually copy "/usr/lib/pidgin/conversationlocker.so" to "/usr/local/lib/pidgin/conversationlocker.so".

I can see plugin listed in plugins panel but it is unclickable or plugin information shows ABI version mismatch error

You will need to update your Pidgin version. Windows users may download latest version from http://www.pidgin.im If you are using Ubuntu, Pidgin 2.6.x might not be in repository. In that case you may get latest version in a deb format from http://www.getdeb.net/app/Pidgin

I like the plugin, what's the story?

Once upon a time there was a guy who was bored. Instead of going out or watching movies he decided to try some different IRC chat room. It was a random room but few cool people were hanging there and our guy liked it. While he was closing other conversation tab he mistakenly closed the IRC room. He did't know the room name and it was really difficult to find the room from the list of 500 rooms. Being pissed he googled if there are any messengers or plugins that allow locking of conversations but sadly he could't find any. Instead of cursing other programmers he decided to create such a plugin and here it is. (By the way, that guy was me.)

It is the first plugin I have written and I have got couple of more plugin ideas but being a student it might take a while to implement them.