diff --git a/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.cpp b/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.cpp
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-/**
- * XMPP - libpurple transport
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2009, Jan Kaluza <hanzz@soc.pidgin.im>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- */
-
-#include "spectrumeventloop.h"
-#include "purple.h"
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
-#include <event.h>
-#endif
-
-#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
-
-using namespace log4cxx;
-
-static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("SpectrumEventLoop");
-
-using namespace Swift;
-
-static SpectrumEventLoop *loop;
-
-// Fires the event's callback and frees the event
-static gboolean processEvent(void *data) {
-	Event *ev = (Event *) data;
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "got event in main thread " << ev);
-	loop->handle(ev);
-	return FALSE;
-}
-
-SpectrumEventLoop::SpectrumEventLoop(bool libev) : m_isRunning(false) {
-	m_loop = NULL;
-	loop = this;
-#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
-	if (!libev) {
-		m_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
-	}
-	return;
-#endif
-	m_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
-}
-
-SpectrumEventLoop::~SpectrumEventLoop() {
-	stop();
-}
-
-void SpectrumEventLoop::run() {
-	m_isRunning = true;
-	if (m_loop) {
-		g_main_loop_run(m_loop);
-	}
-#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
-	else {
-		event_loop(0);
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
-void SpectrumEventLoop::handle(Swift::Event *event) {
-	handleEvent(*event);
-	delete event;
-}
-
-void SpectrumEventLoop::stop() {
-	std::cout << "stopped loop\n";
-	if (!m_isRunning)
-		return;
-	if (m_loop) {
-		g_main_loop_quit(m_loop);
-		g_main_loop_unref(m_loop);
-		m_loop = NULL;
-	}
-#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
-	else {
-		event_loopexit(NULL);
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
-void SpectrumEventLoop::post(const Event& event) {
-	// pass copy of event to main thread
-	Event *ev = new Event(event);
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "posting event to main thread " << ev);
-// 	g_main_context_invoke(g_main_loop_get_context(m_loop), processEvent, ev);
-	purple_timeout_add(100, processEvent, ev);
-}