Pidgin GUIOps plugin

The Pidgin GUIOps plugin provides more GUI customization options:

• display buddy status next to buddy name instead of under it in the buddy list
• hide buddy list and conversation menu's with shortcut key
• hide buddy list statusbox with shortcut key
• make conversation window borders thinner
• hide conversation window status box

The buddy icon is also resized to a smaller size, or can even be hidden.

Special thanks go to:

craigwharding: http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-personalbar

I used parts of his code to display my plugin in the Pidgin plugin list.

piWener: http://www.anhtt.net

I used parts the code of his enhanced blistops plugin to display status messages next to the buddy names

Changelog:

0.5.1 (05/12/2011)

• added cross_compile.sh and local.mak to the package to compile the plugin for Windows on Debian/Ubuntu

0.5 (24/11/2011)

• changed the key combinations from F11 and F12 to CTRL+ALT+M (Menu) and CTRL+ALT+S (Statusbox) to avoid conflicts with other applications
• added ability to quickly show/hide offline contacts with CTRL+H (inspired by Empathy)
• added option to hide the buddylist when it is created (inspired by blistops)
• regrouped the options in an attempt to make them less confusing

0.4 (05/11/2009)

As the customization options aren't limited to the buddy list anymore, I decided to give the plugin a new name. So renamed "compactbuddylist" to "Pidgin GUIOps"

0.3 (08/09/2009)

Adds the ability to hide the menubar with F11 and the statusbox with F12.

0.2.1 (29/08/2009)

Fixes a bug where compactbuddylist crashes Pidgin randomly in Windows.

0.2 (25/08/2009)

Uses a much simpler way to display the status next to the buddy names (this prevents breaking the original markup that pidgin applies to the names and statuses).

0.1 (18/08/2009)

First try. Still has some issues.