// -*- C++ -*-
/* Liason.h
 * Temporary namespace to hold the various frontend functions until XTL and
 * the compilers of the world are ready for something more elaborate.
 * This is basically the Communicator class from the lyx cvs module all
 * over again.
 *
 * Eventually, we will switch back to the XTL+LyXFunc combination that
 * worked so nicely on a very small number of compilers and systems (when
 * most systems can support those required features).
 *
 * Author: Allan Rae <rae@lyx.org>
 * This file is part of
 * ======================================================
 *
 *           LyX, The Document Processor
 *
 *           Copyright 1995 Matthias Ettrich
 *           Copyright 1995-2000 The LyX Team.
 *
 *           This file Copyright 2000
 *           Allan Rae
 * ======================================================
 */

#ifndef LIASON_H
#define LIASON_H

#ifdef __GNUG__
#pragma interface
#endif

class PrinterParams;
class Buffer;
class LyXView;
class BufferParams;

/** Temporary namespace to hold the various frontend functions
    until XTL and the compilers of the world are ready for something more
    elaborate. This is basically the Communicator class from the lyx cvs module
    all over again.
    
    Eventually, we will switch back to the XTL+LyXFunc combination that
    worked so nicely on a very small number of compilers and systems.
    See the "dialogbase" branch of lyx-devel cvs module for xtl implementation.
*/
#ifdef CXX_WORKING_NAMESPACES
namespace Liason
{
#endif
	/**@name Global support functions */
	//@{
	/// get global printer parameters
	PrinterParams getPrinterParams(Buffer *);
	/// print the current buffer
	bool printBuffer(Buffer *, PrinterParams const &);
	/// set the minibuffer
	void setMinibuffer(LyXView *, char const  * msg);
	//@}

#ifdef CXX_WORKING_NAMESPACES
}
#endif

#endif