| 26 .TP 5 |
26 .TP 5 |
| 27 \fBpidgin \fI[options]\fR |
27 \fBpidgin \fI[options]\fR |
| 28 |
28 |
| 29 .SH DESCRIPTION |
29 .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 30 .PP |
30 .PP |
| 31 Pidgin is a modular messaging client capable of using AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, XMPP, |
31 \fBpidgin\fR is a graphical modular messaging client based on libpurple |
| 32 ICQ, IRC, SILC, SIP/SIMPLE Novell GroupWise, Lotus Sametime, Bonjour, |
32 which is capable of connecting to AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, XMPP, ICQ, IRC, SILC, |
| 33 Zephyr, Gadu-Gadu, and QQ all at once. It has many common features found in |
33 Novell GroupWise, Lotus Sametime, Zephyr, Gadu-Gadu, and QQ all at once. It has |
| 34 other clients, as well as many unique features. Pidgin is not endorsed by or |
34 many common features found in other clients, as well as many unique features. |
| 35 affiliated with America Online, ICQ, Microsoft, or Yahoo. |
35 Finch is not endorsed by or affiliated with America Online, ICQ, Microsoft, or |
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36 Yahoo. |
| 36 |
37 |
| 37 .SH OPTIONS |
38 .SH OPTIONS |
| 38 The following options are provided by Pidgin using the standard GNU |
39 The following options are provided by Pidgin using the standard GNU |
| 39 command line syntax: |
40 command line syntax: |
| 40 .TP |
41 .TP |