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+/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Joseph Wenninger <jowenn@kde.org>
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+   License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+   This library 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
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+   along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __tdetexteditor_texthintinterface_h__
+#define __tdetexteditor_texthintinterface_h__
+
+#include <tqstring.h>
+#include <tqstringlist.h>
+
+#include <tdelibs_export.h>
+
+namespace KTextEditor
+{
+
+/**
+ * This is an interface for the KTextEditor::View class.
+
+ */
+class KTEXTEDITOR_EXPORT TextHintInterface
+{
+	friend class PrivateTextHintInterface;
+public:
+	TextHintInterface();
+	virtual ~TextHintInterface();
+
+	/**
+	 * enable Texthints. If they are enabled a signal needTextHint is emitted, if the mouse
+	 * changed the position and a new character is beneath the mouse cursor. The signal is delayed
+	 * for a certain time, specifiedin the timeout parameter.
+	 */
+	virtual void	enableTextHints(int timeout)=0;
+
+	/**
+	 * Disable texthints. Per default they are disabled.
+	 */
+	virtual void disableTextHints()=0;
+	
+	/**
+	 * This method returns a number, unique during one application run
+	 *
+	 */	
+	unsigned int textHintInterfaceNumber () const; 
+
+
+	//signals
+
+	/**
+	 * emit this signal, if a tooltip text is needed for displaying.
+	 * I you don't want a tooltip to be displayd set text to an emtpy string in a connected slot,
+	 * otherwise set text to the string you want the editor to display
+	 */
+	virtual void needTextHint(int line, int col, TQString &text)=0;
+
+  private:
+    class PrivateTextHintInterface *d;
+    static unsigned int globalTextHintInterfaceNumber;
+    unsigned int myTextHintInterfaceNumber;
+};
+
+KTEXTEDITOR_EXPORT TextHintInterface *textHintInterface (class View *view);
+
+}
+
+#endif