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-/* -*- mode: jde; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
-
-/*
-  PdeEngine - can this guy go away?
-  Part of the Processing project - http://Proce55ing.net
-
-  Copyright (c) 2001-03 
-  Ben Fry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 
-  Casey Reas, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
-
-  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 2 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, 
-  Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-*/
-
-import java.awt.*;
-
-
-public class PdeEngine {
-  PdeEditor editor;
-  Window window;
-
-  public PdeEngine(PdeEditor editor) {
-    this.editor = editor;
-  }
-
-  // implemented by subclasses
-
-  public void start(Point windowLocation) throws PdeException {
-  }
-
-  //public void front() {
-  //}
-
-  public void stop() {
-  }
-
-  public void close() {
-  }
-}