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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 TERMINALDOCKWIDGET_H
+#define TERMINALDOCKWIDGET_H
+
+#include <QDockWidget>
+#include "QTerminal.h"
+
+class TerminalDockWidget : public QDockWidget
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  TerminalDockWidget (QTerminal *terminal, QWidget *parent = 0);
+
+signals:
+    void activeChanged (bool active);
+
+public slots:
+    void handleVisibilityChanged (bool visible)
+    {
+      if (visible)
+        emit activeChanged (true);
+    }
+};
+
+#endif // TERMINALDOCKWIDGET_H