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+/* OctaveGUI - A graphical user interface for Octave
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 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 OCTAVEQTEVENTLISTENER_H
+#define OCTAVEQTEVENTLISTENER_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include "octave-event-listener.h"
+
+class octave_qt_event_listener
+    : public QObject, public octave_event_listener
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+  public:
+    octave_qt_event_listener (QObject *parent = 0);
+
+    void current_directory_has_changed (std::string directory);
+
+  signals:
+    void current_directory_changed (QString directory);
+};
+
+#endif // OCTAVEQTEVENTLISTENER_H