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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Michael Goffioul
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave 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.
+
+Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef __QtHandles_Utils__
+#define __QtHandles_Utils__ 1
+
+#include <QColor>
+#include <QFont>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QStringList>
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "graphics.h"
+
+class QKeyEvent;
+class QMouseEvent;
+
+namespace QtHandles
+{
+
+namespace Utils
+{
+  QString fromStdString (const std::string& s);
+  std::string toStdString (const QString& s);
+
+  QStringList fromStringVector (const string_vector& v);
+  string_vector toStringVector (const QStringList& l);
+
+  template <class T>
+  QFont computeFont (const typename T::properties& props, int height = -1);
+
+  QColor fromRgb (const Matrix& rgb);
+  Matrix toRgb (const QColor& c);
+
+  Qt::Alignment fromHVAlign (const caseless_str& halign,
+			     const caseless_str& valign);
+
+  std::string figureSelectionType (QMouseEvent* event,
+				   bool isDoubleClick = false);
+
+  Matrix figureCurrentPoint (const graphics_object& fig, QMouseEvent* event);
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline typename T::properties&
+  properties (graphics_object obj)
+    { return dynamic_cast<typename T::properties&> (obj.get_properties ()); }
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline typename T::properties&
+  properties (const graphics_handle& h)
+    { return Utils::properties<T> (gh_manager::get_object (h)); }
+
+  QImage makeImageFromCData (const octave_value& v, int width = -1,
+			     int height = -1);
+
+  octave_scalar_map makeKeyEventStruct (QKeyEvent* event);
+};
+
+}; // namespace QtHandles
+
+#endif