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purple-url-handler

purple-url-handler(1)						   User Commands					     purple-url-handler(1)

NAME

       purple-url-handler - Python script to handle URL with purple

SYNOPSIS

       purple-url-handler [-URL]

DESCRIPTION

       Python script to handle URL with purple.

OPTIONS

       Usage: purple-url-handler URL

       Example:

	 purple-url-handler "xmpp:romeo@montague.net?message"

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-im-client	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       purple-remote(1), purple-send(1), purple-send-async(1), attributes(5)

       purple-url-handler Manual, http://pidgin.im/

NOTES

       Updated by Lei Ju, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007.

SunOS 5.11							    02 Apr 2008 					     purple-url-handler(1)

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