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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Juergen Pfeifer                        1997                     *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                                                *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+
+/*
+ * $Id: nc_panel.h,v 1.5 2008/08/04 18:26:46 tom Exp $
+ *
+ *	nc_panel.h
+ *
+ *	Headerfile to provide an interface for the panel layer into
+ *      the SCREEN structure of the ncurses core.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NC_PANEL_H
+#define NC_PANEL_H 1
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+struct panel; /* Forward Declaration */
+
+struct panelhook {
+  struct panel*   top_panel;
+  struct panel*   bottom_panel;
+  struct panel*   stdscr_pseudo_panel;
+#if NO_LEAKS
+  int (*destroy)(struct panel *);
+#endif
+};
+
+/* Retrieve the panelhook of the current screen */
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(struct panelhook*) _nc_panelhook (void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NC_PANEL_H */