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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _prompt_started_hook(self):
 """Emit a signal when the prompt is ready."""

        if not self._reading:
            self._highlighter.highlighting_on = True
            self.sig_prompt_ready.emit()