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+/* OctaveGUI - A graphical user interface for Octave
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Jacob Dawid (jacob.dawid@googlemail.com)
+ *
+ * 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FILEEDITORINTERFACE_H
+#define FILEEDITORINTERFACE_H
+
+#include <QWidget>
+
+class QTerminal;
+class MainWindow;
+
+class FileEditorInterface : public QWidget
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+  public:
+    FileEditorInterface (QTerminal *terminal, MainWindow *mainWindow)
+      : QWidget ()
+    {
+      m_terminal = terminal;
+      m_mainWindow = mainWindow;
+    }
+
+    virtual ~FileEditorInterface () { }
+  public slots:
+    virtual void requestNewFile () = 0;
+    virtual void requestOpenFile () = 0;
+    virtual void requestOpenFile (QString fileName) = 0;
+
+  protected:
+    QTerminal* m_terminal;
+    MainWindow* m_mainWindow;
+};
+
+#endif // FILEEDITORINTERFACE_H