1. Compilation and installation Build system is waf based (http://code.google.com/p/waf/). To build the plugin, use: ./waf configure ./waf build You might use ./waf install to copy the resulting .so file into your ~/.purple/plugins dir or copy it yourself whereever you want. 2. Usage As soon as you enable the plugin in pidgin plugins dialog, it starts to hide menus for conversation windows. The following shortcuts will be working: - ctrl-i -- shows info about current user you're talking with - ctrl-n/ctrl-p -- go to next/prev tab, tab cycling is enabled, i.e. if you press ctrl-n at the last tab, you'll switch to the first one - Esc -- switch to command mode In command mode the following commands are available: - i -- go to insert (normal) mode - gt/gT -- go to next/prev tab - g^/g$ -- go to first/last tab - d -- close current tab - u -- undo close tab Feedback and ideas are welcome, -- Roman Bogorodskiy <novel@FreeBSD.org>