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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""novelWriter GUI Document Viewer
+
+ novelWriter – GUI Document Viewer
+===================================
+ Class holding the document html viewer
+
+ File History:
+ Created: 2019-05-10 [0.0.1]
+
+"""
+
+import logging
+import nw
+
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QTextBrowser
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
+
+    def __init__(self, theParent):
+        QTextBrowser.__init__(self)
+
+        logger.debug("Initialising DocViewer ...")
+
+        # Class Variables
+        self.mainConf  = nw.CONFIG
+        self.theParent = theParent
+
+        logger.debug("DocViewer initialisation complete")
+
+        return
+
+# END Class GuiDocViewer