[Pidgin] #2017: Finch URL Handling Plugin

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#2017: Finch URL Handling Plugin
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Reporter:  TheStonepedo  |       Owner:  sadrul                 
    Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new                    
Priority:  minor         |   Component:  finch (gnt/ncurses)    
 Version:  2.0.2         |    Keywords:  finch URL tinyurl xaddr
 Pending:  0             |  
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 As it stands, finch makes "windows" using unicode/ascii line art for
 borders and wraps words and URLs over lines.  It is unreasonable to expect
 all clients to customize URLs and line breaks based on window dimensions
 of the other client parties.

 I propose a plugin to insert abbreviated URLs after reception.  The method
 for doing so could be something like the following:
 1) Check incoming messages for URLs
 |-> if no URL is present, do nothing
 |-> if one or more URLs are present:
   2) Pass the URL(s) to http://xaddr.com
   3) Parse the output from http://xaddr.com and extract shortened URL(s)
   4) Label each URL in the original posting with a number
   5) Output a numbered list of xaddr.com shortened URLs on their own lines
 in the conversation just below the original posting

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2017>
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