diff -r 57013b9e1a8e -r 42bbe5b85df8 libpurple/protocols/gg/xml.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/gg/xml.c	Mon Jul 09 21:21:21 2012 +0200
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/gg/xml.c	Thu Jul 12 11:03:13 2012 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "xml.h"
 
+#include "debug.h"
+
 gboolean ggp_xml_get_string(const xmlnode *xml, gchar *childName, gchar **var)
 {
 	char *str;
@@ -56,3 +58,46 @@
 		*var = val;
 	return succ;
 }
+
+gboolean ggp_xml_set_string(xmlnode *xml, gchar *childName, const gchar *val)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail(xml != NULL, FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail(val != NULL, FALSE);
+	
+	if (childName != NULL)
+	{
+		xmlnode *child = xmlnode_get_child(xml, childName);
+		if (child == NULL)
+			child = xmlnode_new_child(xml, childName);
+		xml = child;
+	}
+	
+	ggp_xmlnode_remove_children(xml);
+	xmlnode_insert_data(xml, val, -1);
+	
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean ggp_xml_set_bool(xmlnode *xml, gchar *childName, gboolean val)
+{
+	return ggp_xml_set_string(xml, childName, val ? "true" : "false");
+}
+
+gboolean ggp_xml_set_uint(xmlnode *xml, gchar *childName, unsigned int val)
+{
+	gchar buff[20];
+	g_snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "%u", val);
+	return ggp_xml_set_string(xml, childName, buff);
+}
+
+void ggp_xmlnode_remove_children(xmlnode *xml)
+{
+	xmlnode *child = xml->child;
+	while (child)
+	{
+		xmlnode *next = child->next;
+		if (child->type != XMLNODE_TYPE_ATTRIB)
+			xmlnode_free(child);
+		child = next;
+	}
+}