Preferences/__init__.py

branch
5_0_x
changeset 434
3a2b62a5db7a
parent 285
7476703ac56d
child 792
a13346916170
--- a/Preferences/__init__.py	Thu Jul 29 18:34:43 2010 +0200
+++ b/Preferences/__init__.py	Fri Jul 30 19:07:18 2010 +0200
@@ -1,1807 +1,1811 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright (c) 2002 - 2010 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
-#
-
-"""
-Package implementing the preferences interface.
-
-The preferences interface consists of a class, which defines the default
-values for all configuration items and stores the actual values. These
-values are read and written to the eric5 preferences file by module
-functions. The data is stored in a file in a subdirectory of the users home 
-directory. The individual configuration data is accessed by accessor functions 
-defined on the module level. The module is simply imported wherever it is needed
-with the statement 'import Preferences'. Do not use 'from Preferences import *'
-to import it.
-"""
-
-import sys
-import os
-import fnmatch
-import shutil
-
-from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
-from PyQt4 import Qsci
-from PyQt4.QtWebKit import QWebSettings
-
-import QScintilla.Lexers
-
-from Globals import settingsNameOrganization, settingsNameGlobal, settingsNameRecent, \
-    isWindowsPlatform
-
-from Project.ProjectBrowserFlags import SourcesBrowserFlag, FormsBrowserFlag, \
-    ResourcesBrowserFlag, TranslationsBrowserFlag, InterfacesBrowserFlag, \
-    OthersBrowserFlag, AllBrowsersFlag
-
-class Prefs(object):
-    """
-    A class to hold all configuration items for the application.
-    """
-    # defaults for the variables window
-    varDefaults = {
-        "LocalsFilter" : "[]",
-        "GlobalsFilter" : "[]"
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the debugger
-    debuggerDefaults = {
-        "RemoteDbgEnabled" : False,
-        "RemoteHost" : "",
-        "RemoteExecution" : "",
-        "PassiveDbgEnabled" : False,
-        "PassiveDbgPort" : 42424,
-        "PassiveDbgType" : "Python", 
-        "AutomaticReset" : False,
-        "Autosave" : False,
-        "ThreeStateBreakPoints": False,
-        "SuppressClientExit" : False, 
-        "BreakAlways" : False, 
-        "PythonInterpreter" : "",
-        "Python3Interpreter" : "",
-        "CustomPython3Interpreter" : False,
-        "RubyInterpreter" : "/usr/bin/ruby",
-        "DebugClientType" : "standard",     # supported "standard", "threaded", "custom"
-        "DebugClient" : "",
-        "DebugClientType3" : "standard",    # supported "standard", "threaded", "custom"
-        "DebugClient3" : "",
-        "PythonExtensions" : ".py2 .pyw2 .ptl", 
-                                            # space separated list of Python extensions
-        "Python3Extensions" : ".py .pyw .py3 .pyw3",   
-                                            # space separated list of Python3 extensions
-        "DebugEnvironmentReplace" : False,
-        "DebugEnvironment" : "",
-        "PythonRedirect" : True,
-        "PythonNoEncoding" : False,
-        "Python3Redirect" : True,
-        "Python3NoEncoding" : False,
-        "RubyRedirect" : True,
-        "ConsoleDbgEnabled" : False,
-        "ConsoleDbgCommand" : "",
-        "PathTranslation" : False,
-        "PathTranslationRemote" : "",
-        "PathTranslationLocal" : "",
-        "NetworkInterface" : "127.0.0.1",
-    }
-    debuggerDefaults["AllowedHosts"] = ["127.0.0.1", "::1%0"]
-    
-    # defaults for the UI settings
-    uiDefaults = {
-        "Language" : "System",
-        "Style" : "System",
-        "StyleSheet" : "",
-        "ViewManager" : "tabview",
-        "LayoutType" : "Toolboxes",
-        # allowed values are "DockWindows", "FloatingWindows", "Toolboxes" and "Sidebars"
-        "LayoutShellEmbedded" : 0,          # 0 = separate
-                                            # 1 = embedded in debug browser
-        "LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded" : 1,    # 0 = separate
-                                            # 1 = embedded in debug browser
-                                            # 2 = embedded in project browser
-        "BrowsersListFoldersFirst" : True,
-        "BrowsersHideNonPublic" : False,
-        "BrowsersListContentsByOccurrence" : False, 
-        "LogViewerAutoRaise" : True, 
-        "SingleApplicationMode" : False,
-        "CaptionShowsFilename" : True,
-        "CaptionFilenameLength" : 100,
-        "RecentNumber" : 9, 
-        "TopLeftByLeft" : True, 
-        "BottomLeftByLeft" : False, 
-        "TopRightByRight" : True, 
-        "BottomRightByRight" : False, 
-        "TabViewManagerFilenameLength" : 40,
-        "TabViewManagerFilenameOnly" : True, 
-        # the order in ViewProfiles is Project-Viewer, File-Browser,
-        # Debug-Viewer, Python-Shell, Log-Viewer, Task-Viewer,
-        # Templates-Viewer, Multiproject-Viewer, Terminal, Chat
-        "ViewProfiles" : {
-            "edit"  : [
-                    # visibility (0)
-                    [ True, False, False, True, True, True, True,  True,  True, True],
-                    # saved state main window with dock windows (1)
-                    b"",
-                    # saved states floating windows (2)
-                    [b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b""],
-                    # saved state main window with floating windows (3)
-                    b"", 
-                    # saved state main window with toolbox windows (4)
-                    b"", 
-                    # visibility of the toolboxes/sidebars (5)
-                    [ True,  True], 
-                    # saved states of the splitters and sidebars of the 
-                    # sidebars layout (6)
-                    [b"", b"", b"", b""], 
-                ],
-            "debug" : [
-                    # visibility (0)
-                    [ False, False, True, True, True, True, False, False, True, True], 
-                    # saved state main window with dock windows (1)
-                    b"",
-                    # saved states floating windows (2)
-                    [b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b""],
-                    # saved state main window with floating windows (3)
-                    b"", 
-                    # saved state main window with toolbox windows (4)
-                    b"", 
-                    # visibility of the toolboxes/sidebars (5)
-                    [ False,  True], 
-                    # saved states of the splitters and sidebars of the 
-                    # sidebars layout (6)
-                    [b"", b"", b"", b""], 
-                ],
-        },
-        "ToolbarManagerState" : QtCore.QByteArray(), 
-        "ShowSplash" : True,
-        "SingleCloseButton" : True, 
-        
-        "PerformVersionCheck" : 4,      # 0 = off
-                                        # 1 = at startup
-                                        # 2 = daily
-                                        # 3 = weekly
-                                        # 4 = monthly
-        "UseProxy" : False,
-        "UseSystemProxy" : True, 
-        "ProxyHost" : "",
-        "ProxyPort" : 80,
-        "ProxyUser" : "",
-        "ProxyPassword" : "",
-        "ProxyType" : 0,            # 0 = transparent HTTP proxy
-                                    # 1 = caching HTTP proxy
-                                    # 2 = SOCKS5 proxy
-        
-        "PluginRepositoryUrl5" : \
-            "http://die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/eric/plugins5/repository.xml",
-        "VersionsUrls5" : [
-            "http://die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/eric/snapshots5/versions", 
-            "http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/snapshots5/versions", 
-        ], 
-        
-        "OpenOnStartup" : 0,        # 0 = nothing
-                                    # 1 = last file
-                                    # 2 = last project
-                                    # 3 = last multiproject
-                                    # 4 = last global session
-        
-        "DownloadPath" : "", 
-        "RequestDownloadFilename" : True, 
-        "CheckErrorLog" : True, 
-        
-        "LogStdErrColour" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
-    }
-    viewProfilesLength = len(uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"]["edit"][2])
-    
-    iconsDefaults = {
-        "Path" : [],
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the cooperation settings
-    cooperationDefaults = {
-        "ServerPort" : 42000, 
-        "AutoStartServer" : False,
-        "TryOtherPorts" : True, 
-        "MaxPortsToTry" : 100, 
-        "AutoAcceptConnections" : False, 
-        "BannedUsers" : [], 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the editor settings
-    editorDefaults = {
-        "AutosaveInterval" : 0,
-        "TabWidth" : 4,
-        "IndentWidth" : 4,
-        "LinenoWidth" : 4,
-        "IndentationGuides" : True,
-        "UnifiedMargins" : False, 
-        "LinenoMargin" : True,
-        "FoldingMargin" : True,
-        "FoldingStyle" : 1,
-        "TabForIndentation" : False,
-        "TabIndents" : True,
-        "ConvertTabsOnLoad" : False,
-        "AutomaticEOLConversion" : True,
-        "ShowWhitespace" : False,
-        "ShowEOL" : False,
-        "UseMonospacedFont" : False,
-        "WrapLongLines" : False,
-        "WarnFilesize" : 512,
-        "ClearBreaksOnClose" : True,
-        "StripTrailingWhitespace" : False, 
-        "CommentColumn0" : True, 
-        
-        "EdgeMode" : Qsci.QsciScintilla.EdgeNone,
-        "EdgeColumn" : 80,
-        
-        "AutoIndentation" : True,
-        "BraceHighlighting" : True,
-        "CreateBackupFile" : False,
-        "CaretLineVisible" : False,
-        "CaretWidth" : 1,
-        "ColourizeSelText" : False,
-        "CustomSelectionColours" : False,
-        "ExtendSelectionToEol" : False,
-        
-        "AutoPrepareAPIs" : False,
-        
-        "AutoCompletionEnabled" : False,
-        "AutoCompletionCaseSensitivity" : True,
-        "AutoCompletionReplaceWord" : False,
-        "AutoCompletionShowSingle" : False,
-        "AutoCompletionSource" : Qsci.QsciScintilla.AcsDocument,
-        "AutoCompletionThreshold" : 2,
-        "AutoCompletionFillups" : False,
-        
-        "CallTipsEnabled" : False,
-        "CallTipsVisible" : 0,
-        "CallTipsStyle"   : Qsci.QsciScintilla.CallTipsNoContext,
-        "CallTipsScintillaOnFail" : False,  # show QScintilla calltips, if plugin fails
-        
-        "AutoCheckSyntax" : True,
-        "AutoReopen" : False,
-        
-        "MiniContextMenu" : False,
-        
-        "SearchMarkersEnabled" : True, 
-        "QuickSearchMarkersEnabled" : True, 
-        "MarkOccurrencesEnabled" : True, 
-        "MarkOccurrencesTimeout" : 500,     # 500 milliseconds
-        "AdvancedEncodingDetection" : True, 
-        
-        "SpellCheckingEnabled" : True, 
-        "AutoSpellCheckingEnabled" : True, 
-        "AutoSpellCheckChunkSize" : 30, 
-        "SpellCheckStringsOnly" : True, 
-        "SpellCheckingMinWordSize" : 3, 
-        "SpellCheckingDefaultLanguage" : "en", 
-        "SpellCheckingPersonalWordList" : "", 
-        "SpellCheckingPersonalExcludeList" : "", 
-        
-        "DefaultEncoding" : "utf-8",
-        "DefaultOpenFilter" : "",
-        "DefaultSaveFilter" : "",
-        
-        "ZoomFactor" : 0, 
-        
-        # All (most) lexers
-        "AllFoldCompact" : True,
-        
-        # Bash specifics
-        "BashFoldComment" : True,
-        
-        # CMake specifics
-        "CMakeFoldAtElse" : False,
-        
-        # C++ specifics
-        "CppCaseInsensitiveKeywords" : False, 
-        "CppFoldComment" : True,
-        "CppFoldPreprocessor" : False,
-        "CppFoldAtElse" : False,
-        "CppIndentOpeningBrace" : False,
-        "CppIndentClosingBrace" : False,
-        "CppDollarsAllowed" : True, 
-        
-        # CSS specifics
-        "CssFoldComment" : True,
-        
-        # D specifics
-        "DFoldComment" : True,
-        "DFoldAtElse" : False,
-        "DIndentOpeningBrace" : False,
-        "DIndentClosingBrace" : False,
-        
-        # HTML specifics
-        "HtmlFoldPreprocessor" : False,
-        "HtmlFoldScriptComments" : False, 
-        "HtmlFoldScriptHeredocs" : False, 
-        "HtmlCaseSensitiveTags" : False,
-        
-        # Pascal specifics
-        "PascalFoldComment" : True, 
-        "PascalFoldPreprocessor" : False, 
-        "PascalSmartHighlighting" : True, 
-        
-        # Perl specifics
-        "PerlFoldComment" : True,
-        "PerlFoldPackages" : True, 
-        "PerlFoldPODBlocks" : True, 
-        
-        # PostScript specifics
-        "PostScriptTokenize" : False, 
-        "PostScriptLevel" : 3, 
-        "PostScriptFoldAtElse" : False, 
-        
-        # Povray specifics
-        "PovFoldComment" : True,
-        "PovFoldDirectives" : False,
-        
-        # Python specifics
-        "PythonBadIndentation" : True,
-        "PythonFoldComment" : True,
-        "PythonFoldString" : True,
-        "PythonAutoIndent" : True,
-        "PythonAllowV2Unicode" : True, 
-        "PythonAllowV3Binary" : True, 
-        "PythonAllowV3Bytes" : True, 
-        
-        # SQL specifics
-        "SqlFoldComment" : True,
-        "SqlBackslashEscapes" : False,
-        
-        # VHDL specifics
-        "VHDLFoldComment" : True,
-        "VHDLFoldAtElse" : True,
-        "VHDLFoldAtBegin" : True, 
-        "VHDLFoldAtParenthesis" : True, 
-        
-        # XML specifics
-        "XMLStyleScripts" : True, 
-        
-        # YAML specifics
-        "YAMLFoldComment" : False, 
-    }
-    
-    if isWindowsPlatform():
-        editorDefaults["EOLMode"] = Qsci.QsciScintilla.EolWindows
-    else:
-        editorDefaults["EOLMode"] = Qsci.QsciScintilla.EolUnix
-    
-    editorColourDefaults = {
-        "CurrentMarker"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.yellow),
-        "ErrorMarker"          : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
-        "MatchingBrace"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.green),
-        "MatchingBraceBack"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
-        "NonmatchingBrace"     : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
-        "NonmatchingBraceBack" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
-        "CallTipsBackground"   : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
-        "CaretForeground"      : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
-        "CaretLineBackground"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
-        "Edge"                 : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.lightGray),
-        "SelectionBackground"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
-        "SelectionForeground"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
-        "SearchMarkers"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.blue),
-        "MarginsBackground"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.lightGray),
-        "MarginsForeground"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
-        "FoldmarginBackground" : QtGui.QColor(230, 230, 230),
-        "SpellingMarkers"      : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
-    }
-    
-    editorOtherFontsDefaults = {
-        "MarginsFont"    : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
-        "DefaultFont"    : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
-        "MonospacedFont" : "Courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
-    }
-    
-    editorTypingDefaults = {
-        "Python/EnabledTypingAids"  : True, 
-        "Python/InsertClosingBrace" : True,
-        "Python/IndentBrace"        : True,
-        "Python/SkipBrace"          : True,
-        "Python/InsertQuote"        : True,
-        "Python/DedentElse"         : True,
-        "Python/DedentExcept"       : True,
-        "Python/Py24StyleTry"       : True, 
-        "Python/InsertImport"       : True,
-        "Python/InsertSelf"         : True,
-        "Python/InsertBlank"        : True,
-        "Python/ColonDetection"     : True,
-        "Python/DedentDef"          : False, 
-        
-        "Ruby/EnabledTypingAids"    : True, 
-        "Ruby/InsertClosingBrace"   : True,
-        "Ruby/IndentBrace"          : True,
-        "Ruby/SkipBrace"            : True,
-        "Ruby/InsertQuote"          : True,
-        "Ruby/InsertBlank"          : True,
-        "Ruby/InsertHereDoc"        : True, 
-        "Ruby/InsertInlineDoc"      : True, 
-    }
-    
-    editorExporterDefaults = {
-        "HTML/WYSIWYG"          : True, 
-        "HTML/Folding"          : False, 
-        "HTML/OnlyStylesUsed"   : False, 
-        "HTML/FullPathAsTitle"  : False, 
-        "HTML/UseTabs"          : False, 
-        
-        "RTF/WYSIWYG"           : True, 
-        "RTF/UseTabs"           : False, 
-        "RTF/Font"              : "Courier New,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
-        
-        "PDF/Magnification"     : 0, 
-        "PDF/Font"              : "Helvetica",  # must be Courier, Helvetica or Times
-        "PDF/PageSize"          : "A4",         # must be A4 or Letter
-        "PDF/MarginLeft"        : 36, 
-        "PDF/MarginRight"       : 36, 
-        "PDF/MarginTop"         : 36, 
-        "PDF/MarginBottom"      : 36, 
-        
-        "TeX/OnlyStylesUsed"    : False, 
-        "TeX/FullPathAsTitle"   : False, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the printer settings
-    printerDefaults = {
-        "PrinterName" : "",
-        "ColorMode" : True,
-        "FirstPageFirst" : True,
-        "Magnification" : -3,
-        "Orientation" : 0,
-        "PageSize": 0,
-        "HeaderFont" : "Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
-        "LeftMargin" : 1.0, 
-        "RightMargin" : 1.0, 
-        "TopMargin" : 1.0, 
-        "BottomMargin" : 1.0, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the project settings
-    projectDefaults = {
-        "SearchNewFiles" : False,
-        "SearchNewFilesRecursively" : False,
-        "AutoIncludeNewFiles" : False,
-        "AutoLoadSession" : False,
-        "AutoSaveSession" : False,
-        "SessionAllBreakpoints" : False,
-        "CompressedProjectFiles" : False,
-        "XMLTimestamp" : True,
-        "AutoCompileForms" : False,
-        "AutoCompileResources" : False,
-        "AutoLoadDbgProperties" : False,
-        "AutoSaveDbgProperties" : False,
-        "HideGeneratedForms" : False,
-        "FollowEditor" : True, 
-        "RecentNumber" : 9, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the multi project settings
-    multiProjectDefaults = {
-        "OpenMasterAutomatically" : True, 
-        "XMLTimestamp" : True,
-        "RecentNumber" : 9, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the project browser flags settings
-    projectBrowserFlagsDefaults = {
-        "Qt4" : 
-            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            FormsBrowserFlag | \
-            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
-            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
-            OthersBrowserFlag, 
-        "Qt4C" : 
-            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
-            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
-            OthersBrowserFlag, 
-        "E4Plugin" : 
-            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            FormsBrowserFlag | \
-            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
-            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
-            OthersBrowserFlag, 
-        "Console" : 
-            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
-            OthersBrowserFlag, 
-        "Other" : 
-            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
-            OthersBrowserFlag, 
-        "PySide" :
-            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            FormsBrowserFlag | \
-            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
-            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
-            OthersBrowserFlag, 
-        "PySideC" :
-            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
-            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
-            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
-            OthersBrowserFlag, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the project browser colour settings
-    projectBrowserColourDefaults = {
-        "Highlighted" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
-        
-        "VcsAdded"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.blue),
-        "VcsConflict" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
-        "VcsModified" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.yellow),
-        "VcsReplaced" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.cyan), 
-        "VcsUpdate"   : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.green),
-        "VcsRemoved"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.magenta)
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the help settings
-    helpDefaults = {
-        "HelpViewerType" : 1,      # this coresponds with the radio button id
-        "CustomViewer" : "",
-        "PythonDocDir" : "",
-        "QtDocDir" : "",
-        "Qt4DocDir" : "",
-        "PyQt4DocDir" : "",
-        "PySideDocDir" : "", 
-        "SingleHelpWindow" : True,
-        "SaveGeometry" : True,
-        "HelpViewerState" : QtCore.QByteArray(), 
-        "WebSearchSuggestions" : True, 
-        "WebSearchEngine" : "Google", 
-        "WebSearchKeywords" : [],   # array of two tuples (keyword, search engine name)
-        "DiskCacheEnabled" : True, 
-        "DiskCacheSize" : 50,       # 50 MB
-        "AcceptCookies" : 2,        # CookieJar.AcceptOnlyFromSitesNavigatedTo
-        "KeepCookiesUntil" : 0,     # CookieJar.KeepUntilExpire
-        "FilterTrackingCookies" : True, 
-        "PrintBackgrounds" : False, 
-        "StartupBehavior" : 0,      # show home page
-        "HomePage": "pyrc:home",
-        "HistoryLimit" : 30, 
-        "DefaultScheme" : "file://", 
-        "SavePasswords" : False, 
-        "AdBlockEnabled" : False, 
-        "AdBlockSubscriptions" : [], 
-    }
-    
-    websettings = QWebSettings.globalSettings()
-    fontFamily = websettings.fontFamily(QWebSettings.StandardFont)
-    fontSize = websettings.fontSize(QWebSettings.DefaultFontSize)
-    helpDefaults["StandardFont"] = QtGui.QFont(fontFamily, fontSize).toString()
-    fontFamily = websettings.fontFamily(QWebSettings.FixedFont)
-    fontSize = websettings.fontSize(QWebSettings.DefaultFixedFontSize)
-    helpDefaults["FixedFont"] = QtGui.QFont(fontFamily, fontSize).toString()
-    helpDefaults.update({
-        "AutoLoadImages" : 
-            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.AutoLoadImages), 
-        "UserStyleSheet" : "", 
-        "SaveUrlColor" : QtGui.QColor(248, 248, 210), 
-        "JavaEnabled" : 
-            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavaEnabled), 
-        "JavaScriptEnabled" : 
-            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavascriptEnabled), 
-        "JavaScriptCanOpenWindows" : 
-            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavascriptCanOpenWindows), 
-        "JavaScriptCanAccessClipboard" : 
-            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavascriptCanAccessClipboard), 
-        "PluginsEnabled" :
-            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.PluginsEnabled), 
-    })
-
-    # defaults for system settings
-    sysDefaults = {
-        "StringEncoding" : "utf-8",
-        "IOEncoding"     : "utf-8",
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the shell settings
-    shellDefaults = {
-        "LinenoWidth" : 4,
-        "LinenoMargin" : True,
-        "AutoCompletionEnabled" : True,
-        "CallTipsEnabled" : True,
-        "WrapEnabled" : True,
-        "MaxHistoryEntries" : 100,
-        "SyntaxHighlightingEnabled" : True,
-        "ShowStdOutErr" : True, 
-        "UseMonospacedFont" : False,
-        "MonospacedFont" : "Courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
-        "MarginsFont" : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
-    }
-
-    # defaults for the terminal settings
-    terminalDefaults = {
-        "LinenoWidth" : 4,
-        "LinenoMargin" : True,
-        "MaxHistoryEntries" : 100,
-        "SyntaxHighlightingEnabled" : True,
-        "Shell" : "", 
-        "ShellInteractive" : True, 
-        "UseMonospacedFont" : False,
-        "MonospacedFont" : "Courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
-        "MarginsFont" : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
-    }
-    if sys.platform.lower().startswith("linux"):
-        terminalDefaults["Shell"] = "bash"
-
-    # defaults for Qt related stuff
-    qtDefaults = {
-        "Qt4TranslationsDir" : "",
-        "QtToolsPrefix4" : "", 
-        "QtToolsPostfix4" : "", 
-        "Qt4Dir" : "", 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for corba related stuff
-    corbaDefaults = {
-        "omniidl" : "omniidl"
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for user related stuff
-    userDefaults = {
-        "Email" : "",
-        "MailServer" : "",
-        "Signature" : "",
-        "MailServerAuthentication" : False,
-        "MailServerUser" : "",
-        "MailServerPassword" : "",
-        "MailServerUseTLS" : False, 
-        "MailServerPort" : 25, 
-        "UseSystemEmailClient" : False, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for vcs related stuff
-    vcsDefaults = {
-        "AutoClose" : False,
-        "AutoSaveFiles" : True,
-        "AutoSaveProject" : True,
-        "AutoUpdate" : False, 
-        "StatusMonitorInterval" : 30,
-        "MonitorLocalStatus" : False, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for tasks related stuff
-    tasksDefaults = {
-        "TasksMarkers"       : "TO" + "DO:", 
-        "TasksMarkersBugfix" : "FIX" + "ME:",
-        # needed to keep it from being recognized as a task
-        "TasksColour"          : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
-        "TasksBugfixColour"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
-        "TasksBgColour"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
-        "TasksProjectBgColour" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.lightGray),
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for templates related stuff
-    templatesDefaults = {
-        "AutoOpenGroups" : True,
-        "SingleDialog"   : False,
-        "ShowTooltip"    : False,
-        "SeparatorChar"  : "$",
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for plugin manager related stuff
-    pluginManagerDefaults = {
-        "ActivateExternal" : True,
-        "DownloadPath" : ""
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the printer settings
-    graphicsDefaults = {
-        "Font" : "SansSerif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0"
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for the icon editor
-    iconEditorDefaults = {
-        "IconEditorState" : QtCore.QByteArray(), 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for py3flakes
-    py3flakesDefaults = {
-        "IncludeInSyntaxCheck" : True, 
-        "IgnoreStarImportWarnings" : True, 
-    }
-    
-    # defaults for geometry
-    geometryDefaults = {
-        "HelpViewerGeometry" : QtCore.QByteArray(),
-        "IconEditorGeometry" : QtCore.QByteArray(),
-        "MainGeometry"       : QtCore.QByteArray(),
-        "MainMaximized"      : False, 
-    }
-
-    # if true, revert layouts to factory defaults
-    resetLayout = False
-
-def readToolGroups(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to read the tool groups configuration.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return list of tuples defing the tool groups
-    """
-    toolGroups = []
-    groups = int(prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/Groups", 0))
-    for groupIndex in range(groups):
-        groupName = \
-            prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/%02d/Name" % groupIndex)
-        group = [groupName, []]
-        items = int(prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/%02d/Items" % groupIndex, 0))
-        for ind in range(items):
-            menutext = prefClass.settings.value(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Menutext" % (groupIndex, ind))
-            icon = prefClass.settings.value(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Icon" % (groupIndex, ind))
-            executable = prefClass.settings.value(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Executable" % (groupIndex, ind))
-            arguments = prefClass.settings.value(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Arguments" % (groupIndex, ind))
-            redirect = prefClass.settings.value(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Redirect" % (groupIndex, ind))
-            
-            if menutext:
-                if menutext == '--':
-                    tool = {
-                        'menutext' : '--',
-                        'icon' : '',
-                        'executable' : '',
-                        'arguments' : '',
-                        'redirect' : 'no',
-                    }
-                    group[1].append(tool)
-                elif executable:
-                    tool = {
-                        'menutext' : menutext,
-                        'icon' : icon,
-                        'executable' : executable,
-                        'arguments' : arguments,
-                        'redirect' : redirect,
-                    }
-                    group[1].append(tool)
-        toolGroups.append(group)
-    currentGroup = int(prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/Current Group", -1))
-    return toolGroups, currentGroup
-    
-def saveToolGroups(toolGroups, currentGroup, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to write the tool groups configuration.
-    
-    @param toolGroups reference to the list of tool groups
-    @param currentGroup index of the currently selected tool group (integer)
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    # first step, remove all tool group entries
-    prefClass.settings.remove("Toolgroups")
-    
-    # second step, write the tool group entries
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/Groups", len(toolGroups))
-    groupIndex = 0
-    for group in toolGroups:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/%02d/Name" % groupIndex, group[0])
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/%02d/Items" % groupIndex, len(group[1]))
-        ind = 0
-        for tool in group[1]:
-            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Menutext" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['menutext'])
-            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Icon" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['icon'])
-            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Executable" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['executable'])
-            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Arguments" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['arguments'])
-            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
-                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Redirect" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['redirect'])
-            ind += 1
-        groupIndex += 1
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/Current Group", currentGroup)
-    
-def initPreferences():
-    """
-    Module function to initialize the central configuration store. 
-    """
-    Prefs.settings = QtCore.QSettings(
-        QtCore.QSettings.IniFormat, QtCore.QSettings.UserScope, 
-        settingsNameOrganization, settingsNameGlobal)
-    if not isWindowsPlatform():
-        hp = QtCore.QDir.homePath()
-        dn = QtCore.QDir(hp)
-        dn.mkdir(".eric5")
-    QtCore.QCoreApplication.setOrganizationName(settingsNameOrganization)
-    QtCore.QCoreApplication.setApplicationName(settingsNameGlobal)
-    
-def syncPreferences(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to sync the preferences to disk.
-    
-    In addition to syncing, the central configuration store is reinitialized as well.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("General/Configured", True)
-    prefClass.settings.sync()
-##    initPreferences()
-    
-def exportPreferences(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to export the current preferences.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    filename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(\
-        None,
-        QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate("Preferences", "Export Preferences"),
-        "",
-        "",
-        QtGui.QFileDialog.Options(QtGui.QFileDialog.DontConfirmOverwrite))
-    if filename:
-        settingsFile = prefClass.settings.fileName()
-        prefClass.settings = None
-        shutil.copy(settingsFile, filename)
-        initPreferences()
-
-def importPreferences(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to import preferences from a file previously saved by
-    the export function.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    filename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(\
-        None,
-        QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate("Preferences", "Import Preferences"),
-        "",
-        "")
-    if filename:
-        settingsFile = prefClass.settings.fileName()
-        shutil.copy(filename, settingsFile)
-        initPreferences()
-
-def isConfigured(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to check, if the the application has been configured.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return flag indicating the configured status (boolean)
-    """
-    return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("General/Configured", False))
-    
-def initRecentSettings():
-    """
-    Module function to initialize the central configuration store for recently
-    opened files and projects. 
-    
-    This function is called once upon import of the module.
-    """
-    Prefs.rsettings = QtCore.QSettings(
-        QtCore.QSettings.IniFormat, QtCore.QSettings.UserScope, 
-        settingsNameOrganization, settingsNameRecent)
-    
-def getVarFilters(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the variables filter settings.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return a tuple defing the variables filter
-    """
-    localsFilter = eval(prefClass.settings.value("Variables/LocalsFilter", 
-        prefClass.varDefaults["LocalsFilter"]))
-    globalsFilter = eval(prefClass.settings.value("Variables/GlobalsFilter", 
-        prefClass.varDefaults["GlobalsFilter"]))
-    return (localsFilter, globalsFilter)
-    
-def setVarFilters(filters, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the variables filter settings.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Variables/LocalsFilter", str(filters[0]))
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Variables/GlobalsFilter", str(filters[1]))
-    
-def getDebugger(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the debugger settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested debugger setting
-    """
-    if key in ["RemoteDbgEnabled", "PassiveDbgEnabled",
-                "CustomPython3Interpreter",
-                "AutomaticReset", "DebugEnvironmentReplace",
-                "PythonRedirect", "PythonNoEncoding", 
-                "Python3Redirect", "Python3NoEncoding", 
-                "RubyRedirect",
-                "ConsoleDbgEnabled", "PathTranslation", 
-                "Autosave", "ThreeStateBreakPoints", 
-                "SuppressClientExit", "BreakAlways", 
-              ]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key,
-            prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["PassiveDbgPort"]:
-        return int(
-            prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key, prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["AllowedHosts"]:
-        return toList(
-            prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key, prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return \
-            prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key, prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key])
-    
-def setDebugger(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the debugger settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Debugger/" + key, value)
-
-def getPython(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the Python settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested debugger setting
-    """
-    if key in ["PythonExtensions", "Python3Extensions"]:
-        exts = []
-        for ext in getDebugger(key, prefClass).split():
-            if ext.startswith("."):
-                exts.append(ext)
-            else:
-                exts.append(".%s" % ext)
-        return exts
-
-def setPython(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the Python settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["PythonExtensions", "Python3Extensions"]:
-        setDebugger(key, value, prefClass)
-
-def getUILanguage(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the language for the user interface.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the language for the UI
-    """
-    lang = \
-        prefClass.settings.value("UI/Language", prefClass.uiDefaults["Language"])
-    if lang == "None" or lang == "" or lang is None:
-        return None
-    else:
-        return lang
-    
-def setUILanguage(lang, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the language for the user interface.
-    
-    @param lang the language
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if lang is None:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/Language", "None")
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/Language", lang)
-
-def getUILayout(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the layout for the user interface.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the UI layout as a tuple of main layout, flag for
-        an embedded shell and a value for an embedded file browser
-    """
-    layout = (\
-        prefClass.settings.value("UI/LayoutType", 
-            prefClass.uiDefaults["LayoutType"]), 
-        toBool(prefClass.settings.value("UI/LayoutShellEmbedded", 
-            prefClass.uiDefaults["LayoutShellEmbedded"])), 
-        toBool(prefClass.settings.value("UI/LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded", 
-            prefClass.uiDefaults["LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded"])), 
-    )
-    return layout
-    
-def setUILayout(layout, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the layout for the user interface.
-    
-    @param layout the layout type
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/LayoutType", layout[0])
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/LayoutShellEmbedded", layout[1])
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded", layout[2])
-
-def getViewManager(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the selected viewmanager type.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the viewmanager type
-    """
-    return prefClass.settings.value("UI/ViewManager",
-        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewManager"])
-    
-def setViewManager(vm, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the selected viewmanager type.
-    
-    @param vm the viewmanager type
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/ViewManager", vm)
-
-def getUI(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various UI settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested UI setting
-    """
-    if key in ["BrowsersListFoldersFirst", "BrowsersHideNonPublic",
-                "BrowsersListContentsByOccurrence", "LogViewerAutoRaise", 
-                "SingleApplicationMode", "TabViewManagerFilenameOnly", 
-                "CaptionShowsFilename", "ShowSplash", 
-                "SingleCloseButton", "UseProxy", "UseSystemProxy", 
-                "TopLeftByLeft", "BottomLeftByLeft", 
-                "TopRightByRight", "BottomRightByRight", 
-                "RequestDownloadFilename", 
-                "LayoutShellEmbedded", "LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded", 
-                "CheckErrorLog"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key,
-            prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["TabViewManagerFilenameLength", "CaptionFilenameLength",
-                 "ProxyPort", "ProxyType", "OpenOnStartup", 
-                 "PerformVersionCheck", "RecentNumber", ]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key,
-            prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
-    elif key == "ProxyPassword":
-        from Utilities import pwDecode
-        return pwDecode(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key, prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["LogStdErrColour"]:
-        col = prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key)
-        if col is not None:
-            return QtGui.QColor(col)
-        else:
-            return prefClass.uiDefaults[key]
-    elif key == "ViewProfiles":
-        profiles = prefClass.settings.value("UI/ViewProfiles")
-        if profiles is not None:
-            if isinstance(profiles, str):
-                # just in case of an old structure
-                viewProfiles = eval(profiles)
-            else:
-                viewProfiles = profiles
-            for name in ["edit", "debug"]:
-                # adjust entries for individual windows
-                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][0])
-                if vpLength < prefClass.viewProfilesLength:
-                    viewProfiles[name][0].extend(\
-                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][0][vpLength:])
-                
-                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][2])
-                if vpLength < prefClass.viewProfilesLength:
-                    viewProfiles[name][2].extend(\
-                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][2][vpLength:])
-                
-                # adjust profile
-                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name])
-                if vpLength < len(prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name]):
-                    viewProfiles[name].extend(
-                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][vpLength:])
-                
-                # adjust entries for toolboxes and sidebars
-                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][5])
-                if vpLength < len(prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][5]):
-                    viewProfiles[name][5].extend(\
-                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][5][vpLength:])
-                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][6])
-                if vpLength < len(prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][6]):
-                    viewProfiles[name][6].extend(\
-                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][6][vpLength:])
-        else:
-            viewProfiles = prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"]
-        return viewProfiles
-    elif key == "ToolbarManagerState":
-        toolbarManagerState = prefClass.settings.value("UI/ToolbarManagerState")
-        if toolbarManagerState is not None:
-            return toolbarManagerState
-        else:
-            return prefClass.uiDefaults["ToolbarManagerState"]
-    elif key in ["VersionsUrls5"]:
-        return toList(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key, prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key, prefClass.uiDefaults[key])
-    
-def setUI(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various UI settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key == "ViewProfiles":
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, value)
-    elif key == "LogStdErrColour":
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, value.name())
-    elif key == "ProxyPassword":
-        from Utilities import pwEncode
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, pwEncode(value))
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, value)
-    
-def getIcons(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various Icons settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested Icons setting
-    """
-    dirlist = prefClass.settings.value("UI/Icons/" + key)
-    if dirlist is not None:
-        return dirlist
-    else:
-        return prefClass.iconsDefaults[key]
-    
-def setIcons(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various Icons settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/Icons/" + key, value)
-    
-def getCooperation(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various Cooperation settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested UI setting
-    """
-    if key in ["AutoStartServer", "TryOtherPorts", "AutoAcceptConnections"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key,
-            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["ServerPort", "MaxPortsToTry"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key,
-            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["BannedUsers"]:
-        return toList(prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key,
-            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key, 
-            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key])
-    
-def setCooperation(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various Cooperation settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Cooperation/" + key, value)
-
-def getEditor(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various editor settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested editor setting
-    """
-    if key in ["DefaultEncoding", "DefaultOpenFilter", "DefaultSaveFilter", 
-               "SpellCheckingDefaultLanguage", "SpellCheckingPersonalWordList", 
-               "SpellCheckingPersonalExcludeList"]:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Editor/" + key, prefClass.editorDefaults[key])
-    elif key in ["AutosaveInterval", "TabWidth", "IndentWidth", "LinenoWidth", 
-                 "FoldingStyle", "WarnFilesize", "EdgeMode", "EdgeColumn", 
-                 "CaretWidth", "AutoCompletionSource", "AutoCompletionThreshold", 
-                 "CallTipsVisible", "CallTipsStyle", "MarkOccurrencesTimeout", 
-                 "AutoSpellCheckChunkSize", "SpellCheckingMinWordSize", 
-                 "PostScriptLevel", "EOLMode", "ZoomFactor"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/" + key, 
-            prefClass.editorDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/" + key, 
-            prefClass.editorDefaults[key]))
-    
-def setEditor(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various editor settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/" + key, value)
-    
-def getEditorColour(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various editor marker colours.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested editor colour
-    """
-    col = prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Colour/" + key)
-    if col is not None:
-        return QtGui.QColor(col)
-    else:
-        return prefClass.editorColourDefaults[key]
-    
-def setEditorColour(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various editor marker colours.
-    
-    @param key the key of the colour to be set
-    @param value the colour to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Colour/" + key, value.name())
-    
-def getEditorOtherFonts(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various editor fonts except the lexer fonts.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested editor font (QFont)
-    """
-    f = QtGui.QFont()
-    f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Other Fonts/" + key,
-        prefClass.editorOtherFontsDefaults[key]))
-    return f
-    
-def setEditorOtherFonts(key, font, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various editor fonts except the lexer fonts.
-    
-    @param key the key of the font to be set
-    @param font the font to be set (QFont)
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Other Fonts/" + key, font.toString())
-    
-def getEditorAPI(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various lists of api files.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested list of api files (list of strings)
-    """
-    apis = prefClass.settings.value("Editor/APIs/" + key)
-    if apis is not None:
-        if len(apis) and apis[0] == "":
-            return []
-        else:
-            return apis
-    else:
-        return []
-    
-def setEditorAPI(key, apilist, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various lists of api files.
-    
-    @param key the key of the api to be set
-    @param apilist the list of api files (list of strings)
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/APIs/" + key, apilist)
-    
-def getEditorKeywords(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various lists of language keywords.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested list of language keywords (list of strings)
-    """
-    keywords = prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Keywords/" + key)
-    if keywords is not None:
-        return keywords
-    else:
-        return []
-    
-def setEditorKeywords(key, keywordsLists, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various lists of language keywords.
-    
-    @param key the key of the api to be set
-    @param keywordsLists the list of language keywords (list of strings)
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Keywords/" + key, keywordsLists)
-    
-def getEditorLexerAssocs(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve all lexer associations.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return a reference to the list of lexer associations
-        (dictionary of strings)
-    """
-    editorLexerAssoc = {}
-    prefClass.settings.beginGroup("Editor/LexerAssociations")
-    keyList = prefClass.settings.childKeys()
-    prefClass.settings.endGroup()
-    editorLexerAssocDefaults = QScintilla.Lexers.getDefaultLexerAssociations()
-    
-    if len(keyList) == 0:
-        # build from scratch
-        for key in list(editorLexerAssocDefaults.keys()):
-            editorLexerAssoc[key] = editorLexerAssocDefaults[key]
-    else:
-        for key in keyList:
-            if key in editorLexerAssocDefaults:
-                defaultValue = editorLexerAssocDefaults[key]
-            else:
-                defaultValue = ""
-            editorLexerAssoc[key] = \
-                prefClass.settings.value("Editor/LexerAssociations/" + key, defaultValue)
-        if len(list(editorLexerAssoc.keys())) < len(list(editorLexerAssocDefaults.keys())):
-            # new default lexer associations
-            for key in list(editorLexerAssocDefaults.keys()):
-                if key not in editorLexerAssoc:
-                    editorLexerAssoc[key] = editorLexerAssocDefaults[key]
-    return editorLexerAssoc
-    
-def setEditorLexerAssocs(assocs, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve all lexer associations.
-    
-    @param assocs dictionary of lexer associations to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    # first remove lexer associations that no longer exist, than save the rest
-    prefClass.settings.beginGroup("Editor/LexerAssociations")
-    keyList = prefClass.settings.childKeys()
-    prefClass.settings.endGroup()
-    for key in keyList:
-        if key not in assocs:
-            prefClass.settings.remove("Editor/LexerAssociations/" + key)
-    for key in assocs:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/LexerAssociations/" + key, assocs[key])
-    
-def getEditorLexerAssoc(filename, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve a lexer association.
-    
-    @param filename filename used to determine the associated lexer language (string)
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested lexer language (string)
-    """
-    for pattern, language in list(getEditorLexerAssocs().items()):
-        if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, pattern):
-            return language
-    
-    return ""
-    
-def getEditorTyping(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various editor typing settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested editor setting
-    """
-    return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Typing/" + key,
-        prefClass.editorTypingDefaults[key]))
-    
-def setEditorTyping(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various editor typing settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Typing/" + key, value)
-    
-def getEditorExporter(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various editor exporters settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested editor setting
-    """
-    if key in ["RTF/Font"]:
-        f = QtGui.QFont()
-        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
-            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key]))
-        return f
-    elif key in ["HTML/WYSIWYG", "HTML/Folding", "HTML/OnlyStylesUsed", 
-                 "HTML/FullPathAsTitle", "HTML/UseTabs", "RTF/WYSIWYG", 
-                 "RTF/UseTabs", "TeX/OnlyStylesUsed", "TeX/FullPathAsTitle"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
-            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["PDF/Magnification", "PDF/MarginLeft", "PDF/MarginRight", 
-                 "PDF/MarginTop", "PDF/MarginBottom"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
-            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
-            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key])
-
-def setEditorExporter(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various editor exporters settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["RTF/Font"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Exporters/" + key, value.toString())
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Exporters/" + key, value)
-    
-def getPrinter(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various printer settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested printer setting
-    """
-    if key in ["ColorMode", "FirstPageFirst"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
-            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["Magnification", "Orientation", "PageSize"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
-            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["LeftMargin", "RightMargin", "TopMargin", "BottomMargin"]:
-        return float(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
-            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["HeaderFont"]:
-        f = QtGui.QFont()
-        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
-            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
-        return f
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
-            prefClass.printerDefaults[key])
-
-def setPrinter(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various printer settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["HeaderFont"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Printer/" + key, value.toString())
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Printer/" + key, value)
-
-def getShell(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various shell settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested shell setting
-    """
-    if key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
-        f = QtGui.QFont()
-        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Shell/" + key,
-            prefClass.shellDefaults[key]))
-        return f
-    elif key in ["LinenoWidth", "MaxHistoryEntries"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Shell/" + key,
-            prefClass.shellDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Shell/" + key,
-            prefClass.shellDefaults[key]))
-
-def setShell(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various shell settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Shell/" + key, value.toString())
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Shell/" + key, value)
-
-def getTerminal(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various terminal settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested shell setting
-    """
-    if key in ["Shell"]:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
-            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key])
-    elif key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
-        f = QtGui.QFont()
-        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
-            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key]))
-        return f
-    elif key in ["LinenoWidth", "MaxHistoryEntries"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
-            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
-            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key]))
-
-def setTerminal(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various terminal settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Terminal/" + key, value.toString())
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Terminal/" + key, value)
-
-def getProject(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various project handling settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested project setting
-    """
-    if key in ["RecentNumber"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Project/" + key,
-            prefClass.projectDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Project/" + key,
-            prefClass.projectDefaults[key]))
-    
-def setProject(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various project handling settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Project/" + key, value)
-    
-def getProjectBrowserFlags(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various project browser flags settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested project setting
-    """
-    try:
-        default = prefClass.projectBrowserFlagsDefaults[key]
-    except KeyError:
-        default = AllBrowsersFlag
-    
-    return int(prefClass.settings.value("Project/BrowserFlags/" + key, default))
-    
-def setProjectBrowserFlags(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various project browser flags settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Project/BrowserFlags/" + key, value)
-    
-def setProjectBrowserFlagsDefault(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various project browser flags settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.projectBrowserFlagsDefaults[key] = value
-    
-def removeProjectBrowserFlags(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to remove a project browser flags setting.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be removed
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.remove("Project/BrowserFlags/" + key)
-    
-def getProjectBrowserColour(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various project browser colours.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested project browser colour
-    """
-    col = prefClass.settings.value("Project/Colour/" + key)
-    if col is not None:
-        return QtGui.QColor(col)
-    else:
-        return prefClass.projectBrowserColourDefaults[key]
-    
-def setProjectBrowserColour(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various project browser colours.
-    
-    @param key the key of the colour to be set
-    @param value the colour to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Project/Colour/" + key, value.name())
-    
-def getMultiProject(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various project handling settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested project setting
-    """
-    if key in ["RecentNumber"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("MultiProject/" + key,
-            prefClass.multiProjectDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("MultiProject/" + key,
-            prefClass.multiProjectDefaults[key]))
-    
-def setMultiProject(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various project handling settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("MultiProject/" + key, value)
-    
-def getQt4DocDir(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the Qt4DocDir setting.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested Qt4DocDir setting (string)
-    """
-    s = prefClass.settings.value("Help/Qt4DocDir",
-        prefClass.helpDefaults["Qt4DocDir"])
-    if s == "":
-        return os.getenv("QT4DOCDIR", "")
-    else:
-        return s
-    
-def getHelp(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various help settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested help setting
-    """
-    if key in ["StandardFont", "FixedFont"]:
-        f = QtGui.QFont()
-        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key,
-            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
-        return f
-    elif key in ["SaveUrlColor"]:
-        col = prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key)
-        if col is not None:
-            return QtGui.QColor(col)
-        else:
-            return prefClass.helpDefaults[key]
-    elif key in ["WebSearchKeywords"]:
-        # return a list of tuples of (keyword, engine name)
-        keywords = []
-        size = prefClass.settings.beginReadArray("Help/" + key);
-        for index in range(size):
-            prefClass.settings.setArrayIndex(index)
-            keyword = prefClass.settings.value("Keyword")
-            engineName = prefClass.settings.value("Engine")
-            keywords.append((keyword, engineName))
-        prefClass.settings.endArray()
-        return keywords
-    elif key in ["HelpViewerType", "DiskCacheSize", "AcceptCookies", 
-                 "KeepCookiesUntil", "StartupBehavior", "HistoryLimit"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, 
-            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["SingleHelpWindow", "SaveGeometry", "WebSearchSuggestions", 
-                 "DiskCacheEnabled", "FilterTrackingCookies", "PrintBackgrounds", 
-                 "SavePasswords", "AdBlockEnabled", "AutoLoadImages", 
-                 "JavaEnabled", "JavaScriptEnabled", "JavaScriptCanOpenWindows", 
-                 "JavaScriptCanAccessClipboard", "PluginsEnabled"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, 
-            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["AdBlockSubscriptions"]:
-        return toList(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, 
-            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, prefClass.helpDefaults[key])
-    
-def setHelp(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various help settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["StandardFont", "FixedFont"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Help/" + key, value.toString())
-    elif key == "SaveUrlColor":
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Help/" + key, value.name())
-    elif key == "WebSearchKeywords":
-        # value is list of tuples of (keyword, engine name)
-        prefClass.settings.beginWriteArray("Help/" + key, len(value))
-        index = 0
-        for v in value:
-            prefClass.settings.setArrayIndex(index)
-            prefClass.settings.setValue("Keyword", v[0])
-            prefClass.settings.setValue("Engine", v[1])
-            index += 1
-        prefClass.settings.endArray()
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Help/" + key, value)
-    
-def getSystem(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various system settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested system setting
-    """
-    from Utilities import supportedCodecs
-    if key in ["StringEncoding", "IOEncoding"]:
-        encoding = prefClass.settings.value("System/" + key, 
-            prefClass.sysDefaults[key])
-        if encoding not in supportedCodecs:
-            encoding = prefClass.sysDefaults[key]
-        return encoding
-    
-def setSystem(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various system settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("System/" + key, value)
-    
-def getQt4TranslationsDir(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the Qt4TranslationsDir setting.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested Qt4TranslationsDir setting (string)
-    """
-    s = prefClass.settings.value("Qt/Qt4TranslationsDir", 
-        prefClass.qtDefaults["Qt4TranslationsDir"])
-    if s == "":
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2002 - 2010 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Package implementing the preferences interface.
+
+The preferences interface consists of a class, which defines the default
+values for all configuration items and stores the actual values. These
+values are read and written to the eric5 preferences file by module
+functions. The data is stored in a file in a subdirectory of the users home 
+directory. The individual configuration data is accessed by accessor functions 
+defined on the module level. The module is simply imported wherever it is needed
+with the statement 'import Preferences'. Do not use 'from Preferences import *'
+to import it.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+import fnmatch
+import shutil
+
+from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
+from PyQt4 import Qsci
+from PyQt4.QtWebKit import QWebSettings
+
+import QScintilla.Lexers
+
+from Globals import settingsNameOrganization, settingsNameGlobal, settingsNameRecent, \
+    isWindowsPlatform
+
+from Project.ProjectBrowserFlags import SourcesBrowserFlag, FormsBrowserFlag, \
+    ResourcesBrowserFlag, TranslationsBrowserFlag, InterfacesBrowserFlag, \
+    OthersBrowserFlag, AllBrowsersFlag
+
+class Prefs(object):
+    """
+    A class to hold all configuration items for the application.
+    """
+    # defaults for the variables window
+    varDefaults = {
+        "LocalsFilter" : "[]",
+        "GlobalsFilter" : "[]"
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the debugger
+    debuggerDefaults = {
+        "RemoteDbgEnabled" : False,
+        "RemoteHost" : "",
+        "RemoteExecution" : "",
+        "PassiveDbgEnabled" : False,
+        "PassiveDbgPort" : 42424,
+        "PassiveDbgType" : "Python", 
+        "AutomaticReset" : False,
+        "Autosave" : False,
+        "ThreeStateBreakPoints": False,
+        "SuppressClientExit" : False, 
+        "BreakAlways" : False, 
+        "PythonInterpreter" : "",
+        "Python3Interpreter" : "",
+        "CustomPython3Interpreter" : False,
+        "RubyInterpreter" : "/usr/bin/ruby",
+        "DebugClientType" : "standard",     # supported "standard", "threaded", "custom"
+        "DebugClient" : "",
+        "DebugClientType3" : "standard",    # supported "standard", "threaded", "custom"
+        "DebugClient3" : "",
+        "PythonExtensions" : ".py2 .pyw2 .ptl", 
+                                            # space separated list of Python extensions
+        "Python3Extensions" : ".py .pyw .py3 .pyw3",   
+                                            # space separated list of Python3 extensions
+        "DebugEnvironmentReplace" : False,
+        "DebugEnvironment" : "",
+        "PythonRedirect" : True,
+        "PythonNoEncoding" : False,
+        "Python3Redirect" : True,
+        "Python3NoEncoding" : False,
+        "RubyRedirect" : True,
+        "ConsoleDbgEnabled" : False,
+        "ConsoleDbgCommand" : "",
+        "PathTranslation" : False,
+        "PathTranslationRemote" : "",
+        "PathTranslationLocal" : "",
+        "NetworkInterface" : "127.0.0.1",
+    }
+    debuggerDefaults["AllowedHosts"] = ["127.0.0.1", "::1%0"]
+    
+    # defaults for the UI settings
+    uiDefaults = {
+        "Language" : "System",
+        "Style" : "System",
+        "StyleSheet" : "",
+        "ViewManager" : "tabview",
+        "LayoutType" : "Toolboxes",
+        # allowed values are "DockWindows", "FloatingWindows", "Toolboxes" and "Sidebars"
+        "LayoutShellEmbedded" : 0,          # 0 = separate
+                                            # 1 = embedded in debug browser
+        "LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded" : 1,    # 0 = separate
+                                            # 1 = embedded in debug browser
+                                            # 2 = embedded in project browser
+        "BrowsersListFoldersFirst" : True,
+        "BrowsersHideNonPublic" : False,
+        "BrowsersListContentsByOccurrence" : False, 
+        "LogViewerAutoRaise" : True, 
+        "SingleApplicationMode" : False,
+        "CaptionShowsFilename" : True,
+        "CaptionFilenameLength" : 100,
+        "RecentNumber" : 9, 
+        "TopLeftByLeft" : True, 
+        "BottomLeftByLeft" : False, 
+        "TopRightByRight" : True, 
+        "BottomRightByRight" : False, 
+        "TabViewManagerFilenameLength" : 40,
+        "TabViewManagerFilenameOnly" : True, 
+        # the order in ViewProfiles is Project-Viewer, File-Browser,
+        # Debug-Viewer, Python-Shell, Log-Viewer, Task-Viewer,
+        # Templates-Viewer, Multiproject-Viewer, Terminal, Chat
+        "ViewProfiles" : {
+            "edit"  : [
+                    # visibility (0)
+                    [ True, False, False, True, True, True, True,  True,  True, True],
+                    # saved state main window with dock windows (1)
+                    b"",
+                    # saved states floating windows (2)
+                    [b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b""],
+                    # saved state main window with floating windows (3)
+                    b"", 
+                    # saved state main window with toolbox windows (4)
+                    b"", 
+                    # visibility of the toolboxes/sidebars (5)
+                    [ True,  True], 
+                    # saved states of the splitters and sidebars of the 
+                    # sidebars layout (6)
+                    [b"", b"", b"", b""], 
+                ],
+            "debug" : [
+                    # visibility (0)
+                    [ False, False, True, True, True, True, False, False, True, True], 
+                    # saved state main window with dock windows (1)
+                    b"",
+                    # saved states floating windows (2)
+                    [b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b"", b""],
+                    # saved state main window with floating windows (3)
+                    b"", 
+                    # saved state main window with toolbox windows (4)
+                    b"", 
+                    # visibility of the toolboxes/sidebars (5)
+                    [ False,  True], 
+                    # saved states of the splitters and sidebars of the 
+                    # sidebars layout (6)
+                    [b"", b"", b"", b""], 
+                ],
+        },
+        "ToolbarManagerState" : QtCore.QByteArray(), 
+        "ShowSplash" : True,
+        "SingleCloseButton" : True, 
+        
+        "PerformVersionCheck" : 4,      # 0 = off
+                                        # 1 = at startup
+                                        # 2 = daily
+                                        # 3 = weekly
+                                        # 4 = monthly
+        "UseProxy" : False,
+        "UseSystemProxy" : True, 
+        "ProxyHost" : "",
+        "ProxyPort" : 80,
+        "ProxyUser" : "",
+        "ProxyPassword" : "",
+        "ProxyType" : 0,            # 0 = transparent HTTP proxy
+                                    # 1 = caching HTTP proxy
+                                    # 2 = SOCKS5 proxy
+        
+        "PluginRepositoryUrl5" : \
+            "http://die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/eric/plugins5/repository.xml",
+        "VersionsUrls5" : [
+            "http://die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/eric/snapshots5/versions", 
+            "http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/snapshots5/versions", 
+        ], 
+        
+        "OpenOnStartup" : 0,        # 0 = nothing
+                                    # 1 = last file
+                                    # 2 = last project
+                                    # 3 = last multiproject
+                                    # 4 = last global session
+        
+        "DownloadPath" : "", 
+        "RequestDownloadFilename" : True, 
+        "CheckErrorLog" : True, 
+        
+        "LogStdErrColour" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
+    }
+    viewProfilesLength = len(uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"]["edit"][2])
+    
+    iconsDefaults = {
+        "Path" : [],
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the cooperation settings
+    cooperationDefaults = {
+        "ServerPort" : 42000, 
+        "AutoStartServer" : False,
+        "TryOtherPorts" : True, 
+        "MaxPortsToTry" : 100, 
+        "AutoAcceptConnections" : False, 
+        "BannedUsers" : [], 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the editor settings
+    editorDefaults = {
+        "AutosaveInterval" : 0,
+        "TabWidth" : 4,
+        "IndentWidth" : 4,
+        "LinenoWidth" : 4,
+        "IndentationGuides" : True,
+        "UnifiedMargins" : False, 
+        "LinenoMargin" : True,
+        "FoldingMargin" : True,
+        "FoldingStyle" : 1,
+        "TabForIndentation" : False,
+        "TabIndents" : True,
+        "ConvertTabsOnLoad" : False,
+        "AutomaticEOLConversion" : True,
+        "ShowWhitespace" : False,
+        "ShowEOL" : False,
+        "UseMonospacedFont" : False,
+        "WrapLongLines" : False,
+        "WarnFilesize" : 512,
+        "ClearBreaksOnClose" : True,
+        "StripTrailingWhitespace" : False, 
+        "CommentColumn0" : True, 
+        
+        "EdgeMode" : Qsci.QsciScintilla.EdgeNone,
+        "EdgeColumn" : 80,
+        
+        "AutoIndentation" : True,
+        "BraceHighlighting" : True,
+        "CreateBackupFile" : False,
+        "CaretLineVisible" : False,
+        "CaretWidth" : 1,
+        "ColourizeSelText" : False,
+        "CustomSelectionColours" : False,
+        "ExtendSelectionToEol" : False,
+        
+        "AutoPrepareAPIs" : False,
+        
+        "AutoCompletionEnabled" : False,
+        "AutoCompletionCaseSensitivity" : True,
+        "AutoCompletionReplaceWord" : False,
+        "AutoCompletionShowSingle" : False,
+        "AutoCompletionSource" : Qsci.QsciScintilla.AcsDocument,
+        "AutoCompletionThreshold" : 2,
+        "AutoCompletionFillups" : False,
+        
+        "CallTipsEnabled" : False,
+        "CallTipsVisible" : 0,
+        "CallTipsStyle"   : Qsci.QsciScintilla.CallTipsNoContext,
+        "CallTipsScintillaOnFail" : False,  # show QScintilla calltips, if plugin fails
+        
+        "AutoCheckSyntax" : True,
+        "AutoReopen" : False,
+        
+        "MiniContextMenu" : False,
+        
+        "SearchMarkersEnabled" : True, 
+        "QuickSearchMarkersEnabled" : True, 
+        "MarkOccurrencesEnabled" : True, 
+        "MarkOccurrencesTimeout" : 500,     # 500 milliseconds
+        "AdvancedEncodingDetection" : True, 
+        
+        "SpellCheckingEnabled" : True, 
+        "AutoSpellCheckingEnabled" : True, 
+        "AutoSpellCheckChunkSize" : 30, 
+        "SpellCheckStringsOnly" : True, 
+        "SpellCheckingMinWordSize" : 3, 
+        "SpellCheckingDefaultLanguage" : "en", 
+        "SpellCheckingPersonalWordList" : "", 
+        "SpellCheckingPersonalExcludeList" : "", 
+        
+        "DefaultEncoding" : "utf-8",
+        "DefaultOpenFilter" : "",
+        "DefaultSaveFilter" : "",
+        
+        "ZoomFactor" : 0, 
+        
+        # All (most) lexers
+        "AllFoldCompact" : True,
+        
+        # Bash specifics
+        "BashFoldComment" : True,
+        
+        # CMake specifics
+        "CMakeFoldAtElse" : False,
+        
+        # C++ specifics
+        "CppCaseInsensitiveKeywords" : False, 
+        "CppFoldComment" : True,
+        "CppFoldPreprocessor" : False,
+        "CppFoldAtElse" : False,
+        "CppIndentOpeningBrace" : False,
+        "CppIndentClosingBrace" : False,
+        "CppDollarsAllowed" : True, 
+        
+        # CSS specifics
+        "CssFoldComment" : True,
+        
+        # D specifics
+        "DFoldComment" : True,
+        "DFoldAtElse" : False,
+        "DIndentOpeningBrace" : False,
+        "DIndentClosingBrace" : False,
+        
+        # HTML specifics
+        "HtmlFoldPreprocessor" : False,
+        "HtmlFoldScriptComments" : False, 
+        "HtmlFoldScriptHeredocs" : False, 
+        "HtmlCaseSensitiveTags" : False,
+        
+        # Pascal specifics
+        "PascalFoldComment" : True, 
+        "PascalFoldPreprocessor" : False, 
+        "PascalSmartHighlighting" : True, 
+        
+        # Perl specifics
+        "PerlFoldComment" : True,
+        "PerlFoldPackages" : True, 
+        "PerlFoldPODBlocks" : True, 
+        
+        # PostScript specifics
+        "PostScriptTokenize" : False, 
+        "PostScriptLevel" : 3, 
+        "PostScriptFoldAtElse" : False, 
+        
+        # Povray specifics
+        "PovFoldComment" : True,
+        "PovFoldDirectives" : False,
+        
+        # Python specifics
+        "PythonBadIndentation" : True,
+        "PythonFoldComment" : True,
+        "PythonFoldString" : True,
+        "PythonAutoIndent" : True,
+        "PythonAllowV2Unicode" : True, 
+        "PythonAllowV3Binary" : True, 
+        "PythonAllowV3Bytes" : True, 
+        
+        # SQL specifics
+        "SqlFoldComment" : True,
+        "SqlBackslashEscapes" : False,
+        
+        # VHDL specifics
+        "VHDLFoldComment" : True,
+        "VHDLFoldAtElse" : True,
+        "VHDLFoldAtBegin" : True, 
+        "VHDLFoldAtParenthesis" : True, 
+        
+        # XML specifics
+        "XMLStyleScripts" : True, 
+        
+        # YAML specifics
+        "YAMLFoldComment" : False, 
+    }
+    
+    if isWindowsPlatform():
+        editorDefaults["EOLMode"] = Qsci.QsciScintilla.EolWindows
+    else:
+        editorDefaults["EOLMode"] = Qsci.QsciScintilla.EolUnix
+    
+    editorColourDefaults = {
+        "CurrentMarker"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.yellow),
+        "ErrorMarker"          : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
+        "MatchingBrace"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.green),
+        "MatchingBraceBack"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
+        "NonmatchingBrace"     : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
+        "NonmatchingBraceBack" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
+        "CallTipsBackground"   : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
+        "CaretForeground"      : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
+        "CaretLineBackground"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
+        "Edge"                 : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.lightGray),
+        "SelectionBackground"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
+        "SelectionForeground"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
+        "SearchMarkers"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.blue),
+        "MarginsBackground"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.lightGray),
+        "MarginsForeground"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
+        "FoldmarginBackground" : QtGui.QColor(230, 230, 230),
+        "SpellingMarkers"      : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
+    }
+    
+    editorOtherFontsDefaults = {
+        "MarginsFont"    : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
+        "DefaultFont"    : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
+        "MonospacedFont" : "Courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
+    }
+    
+    editorTypingDefaults = {
+        "Python/EnabledTypingAids"  : True, 
+        "Python/InsertClosingBrace" : True,
+        "Python/IndentBrace"        : True,
+        "Python/SkipBrace"          : True,
+        "Python/InsertQuote"        : True,
+        "Python/DedentElse"         : True,
+        "Python/DedentExcept"       : True,
+        "Python/Py24StyleTry"       : True, 
+        "Python/InsertImport"       : True,
+        "Python/InsertSelf"         : True,
+        "Python/InsertBlank"        : True,
+        "Python/ColonDetection"     : True,
+        "Python/DedentDef"          : False, 
+        
+        "Ruby/EnabledTypingAids"    : True, 
+        "Ruby/InsertClosingBrace"   : True,
+        "Ruby/IndentBrace"          : True,
+        "Ruby/SkipBrace"            : True,
+        "Ruby/InsertQuote"          : True,
+        "Ruby/InsertBlank"          : True,
+        "Ruby/InsertHereDoc"        : True, 
+        "Ruby/InsertInlineDoc"      : True, 
+    }
+    
+    editorExporterDefaults = {
+        "HTML/WYSIWYG"          : True, 
+        "HTML/Folding"          : False, 
+        "HTML/OnlyStylesUsed"   : False, 
+        "HTML/FullPathAsTitle"  : False, 
+        "HTML/UseTabs"          : False, 
+        
+        "RTF/WYSIWYG"           : True, 
+        "RTF/UseTabs"           : False, 
+        "RTF/Font"              : "Courier New,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
+        
+        "PDF/Magnification"     : 0, 
+        "PDF/Font"              : "Helvetica",  # must be Courier, Helvetica or Times
+        "PDF/PageSize"          : "A4",         # must be A4 or Letter
+        "PDF/MarginLeft"        : 36, 
+        "PDF/MarginRight"       : 36, 
+        "PDF/MarginTop"         : 36, 
+        "PDF/MarginBottom"      : 36, 
+        
+        "TeX/OnlyStylesUsed"    : False, 
+        "TeX/FullPathAsTitle"   : False, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the printer settings
+    printerDefaults = {
+        "PrinterName" : "",
+        "ColorMode" : True,
+        "FirstPageFirst" : True,
+        "Magnification" : -3,
+        "Orientation" : 0,
+        "PageSize": 0,
+        "HeaderFont" : "Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
+        "LeftMargin" : 1.0, 
+        "RightMargin" : 1.0, 
+        "TopMargin" : 1.0, 
+        "BottomMargin" : 1.0, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the project settings
+    projectDefaults = {
+        "SearchNewFiles" : False,
+        "SearchNewFilesRecursively" : False,
+        "AutoIncludeNewFiles" : False,
+        "AutoLoadSession" : False,
+        "AutoSaveSession" : False,
+        "SessionAllBreakpoints" : False,
+        "CompressedProjectFiles" : False,
+        "XMLTimestamp" : True,
+        "AutoCompileForms" : False,
+        "AutoCompileResources" : False,
+        "AutoLoadDbgProperties" : False,
+        "AutoSaveDbgProperties" : False,
+        "HideGeneratedForms" : False,
+        "FollowEditor" : True, 
+        "RecentNumber" : 9, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the multi project settings
+    multiProjectDefaults = {
+        "OpenMasterAutomatically" : True, 
+        "XMLTimestamp" : True,
+        "RecentNumber" : 9, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the project browser flags settings
+    projectBrowserFlagsDefaults = {
+        "Qt4" : 
+            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            FormsBrowserFlag | \
+            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
+            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
+            OthersBrowserFlag, 
+        "Qt4C" : 
+            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
+            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
+            OthersBrowserFlag, 
+        "E4Plugin" : 
+            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            FormsBrowserFlag | \
+            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
+            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
+            OthersBrowserFlag, 
+        "Console" : 
+            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
+            OthersBrowserFlag, 
+        "Other" : 
+            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
+            OthersBrowserFlag, 
+        "PySide" :
+            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            FormsBrowserFlag | \
+            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
+            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
+            OthersBrowserFlag, 
+        "PySideC" :
+            SourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            ResourcesBrowserFlag | \
+            TranslationsBrowserFlag | \
+            InterfacesBrowserFlag | \
+            OthersBrowserFlag, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the project browser colour settings
+    projectBrowserColourDefaults = {
+        "Highlighted" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
+        
+        "VcsAdded"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.blue),
+        "VcsConflict" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
+        "VcsModified" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.yellow),
+        "VcsReplaced" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.cyan), 
+        "VcsUpdate"   : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.green),
+        "VcsRemoved"  : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.magenta)
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the help settings
+    helpDefaults = {
+        "HelpViewerType" : 1,      # this coresponds with the radio button id
+        "CustomViewer" : "",
+        "PythonDocDir" : "",
+        "QtDocDir" : "",
+        "Qt4DocDir" : "",
+        "PyQt4DocDir" : "",
+        "PySideDocDir" : "", 
+        "SingleHelpWindow" : True,
+        "SaveGeometry" : True,
+        "HelpViewerState" : QtCore.QByteArray(), 
+        "WebSearchSuggestions" : True, 
+        "WebSearchEngine" : "Google", 
+        "WebSearchKeywords" : [],   # array of two tuples (keyword, search engine name)
+        "DiskCacheEnabled" : True, 
+        "DiskCacheSize" : 50,       # 50 MB
+        "AcceptCookies" : 2,        # CookieJar.AcceptOnlyFromSitesNavigatedTo
+        "KeepCookiesUntil" : 0,     # CookieJar.KeepUntilExpire
+        "FilterTrackingCookies" : True, 
+        "PrintBackgrounds" : False, 
+        "StartupBehavior" : 0,      # show home page
+        "HomePage": "pyrc:home",
+        "HistoryLimit" : 30, 
+        "DefaultScheme" : "file://", 
+        "SavePasswords" : False, 
+        "AdBlockEnabled" : False, 
+        "AdBlockSubscriptions" : [], 
+    }
+    
+    websettings = QWebSettings.globalSettings()
+    fontFamily = websettings.fontFamily(QWebSettings.StandardFont)
+    fontSize = websettings.fontSize(QWebSettings.DefaultFontSize)
+    helpDefaults["StandardFont"] = QtGui.QFont(fontFamily, fontSize).toString()
+    fontFamily = websettings.fontFamily(QWebSettings.FixedFont)
+    fontSize = websettings.fontSize(QWebSettings.DefaultFixedFontSize)
+    helpDefaults["FixedFont"] = QtGui.QFont(fontFamily, fontSize).toString()
+    helpDefaults.update({
+        "AutoLoadImages" : 
+            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.AutoLoadImages), 
+        "UserStyleSheet" : "", 
+        "SaveUrlColor" : QtGui.QColor(248, 248, 210), 
+        "JavaEnabled" : 
+            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavaEnabled), 
+        "JavaScriptEnabled" : 
+            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavascriptEnabled), 
+        "JavaScriptCanOpenWindows" : 
+            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavascriptCanOpenWindows), 
+        "JavaScriptCanAccessClipboard" : 
+            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.JavascriptCanAccessClipboard), 
+        "PluginsEnabled" :
+            websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.PluginsEnabled), 
+    })
+
+    # defaults for system settings
+    sysDefaults = {
+        "StringEncoding" : "utf-8",
+        "IOEncoding"     : "utf-8",
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the shell settings
+    shellDefaults = {
+        "LinenoWidth" : 4,
+        "LinenoMargin" : True,
+        "AutoCompletionEnabled" : True,
+        "CallTipsEnabled" : True,
+        "WrapEnabled" : True,
+        "MaxHistoryEntries" : 100,
+        "SyntaxHighlightingEnabled" : True,
+        "ShowStdOutErr" : True, 
+        "UseMonospacedFont" : False,
+        "MonospacedFont" : "Courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
+        "MarginsFont" : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
+    }
+
+    # defaults for the terminal settings
+    terminalDefaults = {
+        "LinenoWidth" : 4,
+        "LinenoMargin" : True,
+        "MaxHistoryEntries" : 100,
+        "SyntaxHighlightingEnabled" : True,
+        "Shell" : "", 
+        "ShellInteractive" : True, 
+        "UseMonospacedFont" : False,
+        "MonospacedFont" : "Courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0", 
+        "MarginsFont" : "Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0",
+    }
+    if sys.platform.lower().startswith("linux"):
+        terminalDefaults["Shell"] = "bash"
+
+    # defaults for Qt related stuff
+    qtDefaults = {
+        "Qt4TranslationsDir" : "",
+        "QtToolsPrefix4" : "", 
+        "QtToolsPostfix4" : "", 
+        "Qt4Dir" : "", 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for corba related stuff
+    corbaDefaults = {
+        "omniidl" : "omniidl"
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for user related stuff
+    userDefaults = {
+        "Email" : "",
+        "MailServer" : "",
+        "Signature" : "",
+        "MailServerAuthentication" : False,
+        "MailServerUser" : "",
+        "MailServerPassword" : "",
+        "MailServerUseTLS" : False, 
+        "MailServerPort" : 25, 
+        "UseSystemEmailClient" : False, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for vcs related stuff
+    vcsDefaults = {
+        "AutoClose" : False,
+        "AutoSaveFiles" : True,
+        "AutoSaveProject" : True,
+        "AutoUpdate" : False, 
+        "StatusMonitorInterval" : 30,
+        "MonitorLocalStatus" : False, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for tasks related stuff
+    tasksDefaults = {
+        "TasksMarkers"       : "TO" + "DO:", 
+        "TasksMarkersBugfix" : "FIX" + "ME:",
+        # needed to keep it from being recognized as a task
+        "TasksColour"          : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.black),
+        "TasksBugfixColour"    : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.red),
+        "TasksBgColour"        : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.white),
+        "TasksProjectBgColour" : QtGui.QColor(QtCore.Qt.lightGray),
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for templates related stuff
+    templatesDefaults = {
+        "AutoOpenGroups" : True,
+        "SingleDialog"   : False,
+        "ShowTooltip"    : False,
+        "SeparatorChar"  : "$",
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for plugin manager related stuff
+    pluginManagerDefaults = {
+        "ActivateExternal" : True,
+        "DownloadPath" : ""
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the printer settings
+    graphicsDefaults = {
+        "Font" : "SansSerif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0"
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for the icon editor
+    iconEditorDefaults = {
+        "IconEditorState" : QtCore.QByteArray(), 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for py3flakes
+    py3flakesDefaults = {
+        "IncludeInSyntaxCheck" : True, 
+        "IgnoreStarImportWarnings" : True, 
+    }
+    
+    # defaults for geometry
+    geometryDefaults = {
+        "HelpViewerGeometry" : QtCore.QByteArray(),
+        "IconEditorGeometry" : QtCore.QByteArray(),
+        "MainGeometry"       : QtCore.QByteArray(),
+        "MainMaximized"      : False, 
+    }
+
+    # if true, revert layouts to factory defaults
+    resetLayout = False
+
+def readToolGroups(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to read the tool groups configuration.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return list of tuples defing the tool groups
+    """
+    toolGroups = []
+    groups = int(prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/Groups", 0))
+    for groupIndex in range(groups):
+        groupName = \
+            prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/%02d/Name" % groupIndex)
+        group = [groupName, []]
+        items = int(prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/%02d/Items" % groupIndex, 0))
+        for ind in range(items):
+            menutext = prefClass.settings.value(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Menutext" % (groupIndex, ind))
+            icon = prefClass.settings.value(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Icon" % (groupIndex, ind))
+            executable = prefClass.settings.value(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Executable" % (groupIndex, ind))
+            arguments = prefClass.settings.value(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Arguments" % (groupIndex, ind))
+            redirect = prefClass.settings.value(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Redirect" % (groupIndex, ind))
+            
+            if menutext:
+                if menutext == '--':
+                    tool = {
+                        'menutext' : '--',
+                        'icon' : '',
+                        'executable' : '',
+                        'arguments' : '',
+                        'redirect' : 'no',
+                    }
+                    group[1].append(tool)
+                elif executable:
+                    tool = {
+                        'menutext' : menutext,
+                        'icon' : icon,
+                        'executable' : executable,
+                        'arguments' : arguments,
+                        'redirect' : redirect,
+                    }
+                    group[1].append(tool)
+        toolGroups.append(group)
+    currentGroup = int(prefClass.settings.value("Toolgroups/Current Group", -1))
+    return toolGroups, currentGroup
+    
+def saveToolGroups(toolGroups, currentGroup, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to write the tool groups configuration.
+    
+    @param toolGroups reference to the list of tool groups
+    @param currentGroup index of the currently selected tool group (integer)
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    # first step, remove all tool group entries
+    prefClass.settings.remove("Toolgroups")
+    
+    # second step, write the tool group entries
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/Groups", len(toolGroups))
+    groupIndex = 0
+    for group in toolGroups:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/%02d/Name" % groupIndex, group[0])
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/%02d/Items" % groupIndex, len(group[1]))
+        ind = 0
+        for tool in group[1]:
+            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Menutext" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['menutext'])
+            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Icon" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['icon'])
+            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Executable" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['executable'])
+            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Arguments" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['arguments'])
+            prefClass.settings.setValue(\
+                "Toolgroups/%02d/%02d/Redirect" % (groupIndex, ind), tool['redirect'])
+            ind += 1
+        groupIndex += 1
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Toolgroups/Current Group", currentGroup)
+    
+def initPreferences():
+    """
+    Module function to initialize the central configuration store. 
+    """
+    Prefs.settings = QtCore.QSettings(
+        QtCore.QSettings.IniFormat, QtCore.QSettings.UserScope, 
+        settingsNameOrganization, settingsNameGlobal)
+    if not isWindowsPlatform():
+        hp = QtCore.QDir.homePath()
+        dn = QtCore.QDir(hp)
+        dn.mkdir(".eric5")
+    QtCore.QCoreApplication.setOrganizationName(settingsNameOrganization)
+    QtCore.QCoreApplication.setApplicationName(settingsNameGlobal)
+    
+def syncPreferences(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to sync the preferences to disk.
+    
+    In addition to syncing, the central configuration store is reinitialized as well.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("General/Configured", True)
+    prefClass.settings.sync()
+##    initPreferences()
+    
+def exportPreferences(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to export the current preferences.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    filename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(\
+        None,
+        QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate("Preferences", "Export Preferences"),
+        "",
+        "",
+        QtGui.QFileDialog.Options(QtGui.QFileDialog.DontConfirmOverwrite))
+    if filename:
+        settingsFile = prefClass.settings.fileName()
+        prefClass.settings = None
+        shutil.copy(settingsFile, filename)
+        initPreferences()
+
+def importPreferences(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to import preferences from a file previously saved by
+    the export function.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    filename = QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(\
+        None,
+        QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate("Preferences", "Import Preferences"),
+        "",
+        "")
+    if filename:
+        settingsFile = prefClass.settings.fileName()
+        shutil.copy(filename, settingsFile)
+        initPreferences()
+
+def isConfigured(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to check, if the the application has been configured.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return flag indicating the configured status (boolean)
+    """
+    return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("General/Configured", False))
+    
+def initRecentSettings():
+    """
+    Module function to initialize the central configuration store for recently
+    opened files and projects. 
+    
+    This function is called once upon import of the module.
+    """
+    Prefs.rsettings = QtCore.QSettings(
+        QtCore.QSettings.IniFormat, QtCore.QSettings.UserScope, 
+        settingsNameOrganization, settingsNameRecent)
+    
+def getVarFilters(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the variables filter settings.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return a tuple defing the variables filter
+    """
+    localsFilter = eval(prefClass.settings.value("Variables/LocalsFilter", 
+        prefClass.varDefaults["LocalsFilter"]))
+    globalsFilter = eval(prefClass.settings.value("Variables/GlobalsFilter", 
+        prefClass.varDefaults["GlobalsFilter"]))
+    return (localsFilter, globalsFilter)
+    
+def setVarFilters(filters, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the variables filter settings.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Variables/LocalsFilter", str(filters[0]))
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Variables/GlobalsFilter", str(filters[1]))
+    
+def getDebugger(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the debugger settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested debugger setting
+    """
+    if key in ["RemoteDbgEnabled", "PassiveDbgEnabled",
+                "CustomPython3Interpreter",
+                "AutomaticReset", "DebugEnvironmentReplace",
+                "PythonRedirect", "PythonNoEncoding", 
+                "Python3Redirect", "Python3NoEncoding", 
+                "RubyRedirect",
+                "ConsoleDbgEnabled", "PathTranslation", 
+                "Autosave", "ThreeStateBreakPoints", 
+                "SuppressClientExit", "BreakAlways", 
+              ]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key,
+            prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["PassiveDbgPort"]:
+        return int(
+            prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key, prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["AllowedHosts"]:
+        return toList(
+            prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key, prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return \
+            prefClass.settings.value("Debugger/" + key, prefClass.debuggerDefaults[key])
+    
+def setDebugger(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the debugger settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Debugger/" + key, value)
+
+def getPython(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the Python settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested debugger setting
+    """
+    if key in ["PythonExtensions", "Python3Extensions"]:
+        exts = []
+        for ext in getDebugger(key, prefClass).split():
+            if ext.startswith("."):
+                exts.append(ext)
+            else:
+                exts.append(".%s" % ext)
+        return exts
+
+def setPython(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the Python settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["PythonExtensions", "Python3Extensions"]:
+        setDebugger(key, value, prefClass)
+
+def getUILanguage(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the language for the user interface.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the language for the UI
+    """
+    lang = \
+        prefClass.settings.value("UI/Language", prefClass.uiDefaults["Language"])
+    if lang == "None" or lang == "" or lang is None:
+        return None
+    else:
+        return lang
+    
+def setUILanguage(lang, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the language for the user interface.
+    
+    @param lang the language
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if lang is None:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/Language", "None")
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/Language", lang)
+
+def getUILayout(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the layout for the user interface.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the UI layout as a tuple of main layout, flag for
+        an embedded shell and a value for an embedded file browser
+    """
+    layout = (\
+        prefClass.settings.value("UI/LayoutType", 
+            prefClass.uiDefaults["LayoutType"]), 
+        toBool(prefClass.settings.value("UI/LayoutShellEmbedded", 
+            prefClass.uiDefaults["LayoutShellEmbedded"])), 
+        toBool(prefClass.settings.value("UI/LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded", 
+            prefClass.uiDefaults["LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded"])), 
+    )
+    return layout
+    
+def setUILayout(layout, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the layout for the user interface.
+    
+    @param layout the layout type
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/LayoutType", layout[0])
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/LayoutShellEmbedded", layout[1])
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded", layout[2])
+
+def getViewManager(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the selected viewmanager type.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the viewmanager type
+    """
+    return prefClass.settings.value("UI/ViewManager",
+        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewManager"])
+    
+def setViewManager(vm, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the selected viewmanager type.
+    
+    @param vm the viewmanager type
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/ViewManager", vm)
+
+def getUI(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various UI settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested UI setting
+    """
+    if key in ["BrowsersListFoldersFirst", "BrowsersHideNonPublic",
+                "BrowsersListContentsByOccurrence", "LogViewerAutoRaise", 
+                "SingleApplicationMode", "TabViewManagerFilenameOnly", 
+                "CaptionShowsFilename", "ShowSplash", 
+                "SingleCloseButton", "UseProxy", "UseSystemProxy", 
+                "TopLeftByLeft", "BottomLeftByLeft", 
+                "TopRightByRight", "BottomRightByRight", 
+                "RequestDownloadFilename", 
+                "LayoutShellEmbedded", "LayoutFileBrowserEmbedded", 
+                "CheckErrorLog"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key,
+            prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["TabViewManagerFilenameLength", "CaptionFilenameLength",
+                 "ProxyPort", "ProxyType", "OpenOnStartup", 
+                 "PerformVersionCheck", "RecentNumber", ]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key,
+            prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
+    elif key == "ProxyPassword":
+        from Utilities import pwDecode
+        return pwDecode(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key, prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["LogStdErrColour"]:
+        col = prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key)
+        if col is not None:
+            return QtGui.QColor(col)
+        else:
+            return prefClass.uiDefaults[key]
+    elif key == "ViewProfiles":
+        profiles = prefClass.settings.value("UI/ViewProfiles")
+        if profiles is not None:
+            if isinstance(profiles, str):
+                # just in case of an old structure
+                viewProfiles = eval(profiles)
+            else:
+                viewProfiles = profiles
+            for name in ["edit", "debug"]:
+                # adjust entries for individual windows
+                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][0])
+                if vpLength < prefClass.viewProfilesLength:
+                    viewProfiles[name][0].extend(\
+                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][0][vpLength:])
+                
+                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][2])
+                if vpLength < prefClass.viewProfilesLength:
+                    viewProfiles[name][2].extend(\
+                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][2][vpLength:])
+                
+                # adjust profile
+                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name])
+                if vpLength < len(prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name]):
+                    viewProfiles[name].extend(
+                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][vpLength:])
+                
+                # adjust entries for toolboxes and sidebars
+                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][5])
+                if vpLength < len(prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][5]):
+                    viewProfiles[name][5].extend(\
+                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][5][vpLength:])
+                vpLength = len(viewProfiles[name][6])
+                if vpLength < len(prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][6]):
+                    viewProfiles[name][6].extend(\
+                        prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"][name][6][vpLength:])
+        else:
+            viewProfiles = prefClass.uiDefaults["ViewProfiles"]
+        return viewProfiles
+    elif key == "ToolbarManagerState":
+        toolbarManagerState = prefClass.settings.value("UI/ToolbarManagerState")
+        if toolbarManagerState is not None:
+            return toolbarManagerState
+        else:
+            return prefClass.uiDefaults["ToolbarManagerState"]
+    elif key in ["VersionsUrls5"]:
+        urls = toList(prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key, prefClass.uiDefaults[key]))
+        if len(urls) == 0:
+            return prefClass.uiDefaults[key]
+        else:
+            return urls
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("UI/" + key, prefClass.uiDefaults[key])
+    
+def setUI(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various UI settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key == "ViewProfiles":
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, value)
+    elif key == "LogStdErrColour":
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, value.name())
+    elif key == "ProxyPassword":
+        from Utilities import pwEncode
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, pwEncode(value))
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/" + key, value)
+    
+def getIcons(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various Icons settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested Icons setting
+    """
+    dirlist = prefClass.settings.value("UI/Icons/" + key)
+    if dirlist is not None:
+        return dirlist
+    else:
+        return prefClass.iconsDefaults[key]
+    
+def setIcons(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various Icons settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("UI/Icons/" + key, value)
+    
+def getCooperation(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various Cooperation settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested UI setting
+    """
+    if key in ["AutoStartServer", "TryOtherPorts", "AutoAcceptConnections"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key,
+            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["ServerPort", "MaxPortsToTry"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key,
+            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["BannedUsers"]:
+        return toList(prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key,
+            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Cooperation/" + key, 
+            prefClass.cooperationDefaults[key])
+    
+def setCooperation(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various Cooperation settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Cooperation/" + key, value)
+
+def getEditor(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various editor settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested editor setting
+    """
+    if key in ["DefaultEncoding", "DefaultOpenFilter", "DefaultSaveFilter", 
+               "SpellCheckingDefaultLanguage", "SpellCheckingPersonalWordList", 
+               "SpellCheckingPersonalExcludeList"]:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Editor/" + key, prefClass.editorDefaults[key])
+    elif key in ["AutosaveInterval", "TabWidth", "IndentWidth", "LinenoWidth", 
+                 "FoldingStyle", "WarnFilesize", "EdgeMode", "EdgeColumn", 
+                 "CaretWidth", "AutoCompletionSource", "AutoCompletionThreshold", 
+                 "CallTipsVisible", "CallTipsStyle", "MarkOccurrencesTimeout", 
+                 "AutoSpellCheckChunkSize", "SpellCheckingMinWordSize", 
+                 "PostScriptLevel", "EOLMode", "ZoomFactor"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/" + key, 
+            prefClass.editorDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/" + key, 
+            prefClass.editorDefaults[key]))
+    
+def setEditor(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various editor settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/" + key, value)
+    
+def getEditorColour(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various editor marker colours.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested editor colour
+    """
+    col = prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Colour/" + key)
+    if col is not None:
+        return QtGui.QColor(col)
+    else:
+        return prefClass.editorColourDefaults[key]
+    
+def setEditorColour(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various editor marker colours.
+    
+    @param key the key of the colour to be set
+    @param value the colour to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Colour/" + key, value.name())
+    
+def getEditorOtherFonts(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various editor fonts except the lexer fonts.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested editor font (QFont)
+    """
+    f = QtGui.QFont()
+    f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Other Fonts/" + key,
+        prefClass.editorOtherFontsDefaults[key]))
+    return f
+    
+def setEditorOtherFonts(key, font, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various editor fonts except the lexer fonts.
+    
+    @param key the key of the font to be set
+    @param font the font to be set (QFont)
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Other Fonts/" + key, font.toString())
+    
+def getEditorAPI(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various lists of api files.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested list of api files (list of strings)
+    """
+    apis = prefClass.settings.value("Editor/APIs/" + key)
+    if apis is not None:
+        if len(apis) and apis[0] == "":
+            return []
+        else:
+            return apis
+    else:
+        return []
+    
+def setEditorAPI(key, apilist, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various lists of api files.
+    
+    @param key the key of the api to be set
+    @param apilist the list of api files (list of strings)
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/APIs/" + key, apilist)
+    
+def getEditorKeywords(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various lists of language keywords.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested list of language keywords (list of strings)
+    """
+    keywords = prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Keywords/" + key)
+    if keywords is not None:
+        return keywords
+    else:
+        return []
+    
+def setEditorKeywords(key, keywordsLists, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various lists of language keywords.
+    
+    @param key the key of the api to be set
+    @param keywordsLists the list of language keywords (list of strings)
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Keywords/" + key, keywordsLists)
+    
+def getEditorLexerAssocs(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve all lexer associations.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return a reference to the list of lexer associations
+        (dictionary of strings)
+    """
+    editorLexerAssoc = {}
+    prefClass.settings.beginGroup("Editor/LexerAssociations")
+    keyList = prefClass.settings.childKeys()
+    prefClass.settings.endGroup()
+    editorLexerAssocDefaults = QScintilla.Lexers.getDefaultLexerAssociations()
+    
+    if len(keyList) == 0:
+        # build from scratch
+        for key in list(editorLexerAssocDefaults.keys()):
+            editorLexerAssoc[key] = editorLexerAssocDefaults[key]
+    else:
+        for key in keyList:
+            if key in editorLexerAssocDefaults:
+                defaultValue = editorLexerAssocDefaults[key]
+            else:
+                defaultValue = ""
+            editorLexerAssoc[key] = \
+                prefClass.settings.value("Editor/LexerAssociations/" + key, defaultValue)
+        if len(list(editorLexerAssoc.keys())) < len(list(editorLexerAssocDefaults.keys())):
+            # new default lexer associations
+            for key in list(editorLexerAssocDefaults.keys()):
+                if key not in editorLexerAssoc:
+                    editorLexerAssoc[key] = editorLexerAssocDefaults[key]
+    return editorLexerAssoc
+    
+def setEditorLexerAssocs(assocs, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve all lexer associations.
+    
+    @param assocs dictionary of lexer associations to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    # first remove lexer associations that no longer exist, than save the rest
+    prefClass.settings.beginGroup("Editor/LexerAssociations")
+    keyList = prefClass.settings.childKeys()
+    prefClass.settings.endGroup()
+    for key in keyList:
+        if key not in assocs:
+            prefClass.settings.remove("Editor/LexerAssociations/" + key)
+    for key in assocs:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/LexerAssociations/" + key, assocs[key])
+    
+def getEditorLexerAssoc(filename, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve a lexer association.
+    
+    @param filename filename used to determine the associated lexer language (string)
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested lexer language (string)
+    """
+    for pattern, language in list(getEditorLexerAssocs().items()):
+        if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, pattern):
+            return language
+    
+    return ""
+    
+def getEditorTyping(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various editor typing settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested editor setting
+    """
+    return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Typing/" + key,
+        prefClass.editorTypingDefaults[key]))
+    
+def setEditorTyping(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various editor typing settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Typing/" + key, value)
+    
+def getEditorExporter(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various editor exporters settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested editor setting
+    """
+    if key in ["RTF/Font"]:
+        f = QtGui.QFont()
+        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
+            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key]))
+        return f
+    elif key in ["HTML/WYSIWYG", "HTML/Folding", "HTML/OnlyStylesUsed", 
+                 "HTML/FullPathAsTitle", "HTML/UseTabs", "RTF/WYSIWYG", 
+                 "RTF/UseTabs", "TeX/OnlyStylesUsed", "TeX/FullPathAsTitle"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
+            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["PDF/Magnification", "PDF/MarginLeft", "PDF/MarginRight", 
+                 "PDF/MarginTop", "PDF/MarginBottom"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
+            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Editor/Exporters/" + key,
+            prefClass.editorExporterDefaults[key])
+
+def setEditorExporter(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various editor exporters settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["RTF/Font"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Exporters/" + key, value.toString())
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Editor/Exporters/" + key, value)
+    
+def getPrinter(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various printer settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested printer setting
+    """
+    if key in ["ColorMode", "FirstPageFirst"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
+            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["Magnification", "Orientation", "PageSize"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
+            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["LeftMargin", "RightMargin", "TopMargin", "BottomMargin"]:
+        return float(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
+            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["HeaderFont"]:
+        f = QtGui.QFont()
+        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
+            prefClass.printerDefaults[key]))
+        return f
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Printer/" + key,
+            prefClass.printerDefaults[key])
+
+def setPrinter(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various printer settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["HeaderFont"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Printer/" + key, value.toString())
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Printer/" + key, value)
+
+def getShell(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various shell settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested shell setting
+    """
+    if key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
+        f = QtGui.QFont()
+        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Shell/" + key,
+            prefClass.shellDefaults[key]))
+        return f
+    elif key in ["LinenoWidth", "MaxHistoryEntries"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Shell/" + key,
+            prefClass.shellDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Shell/" + key,
+            prefClass.shellDefaults[key]))
+
+def setShell(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various shell settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Shell/" + key, value.toString())
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Shell/" + key, value)
+
+def getTerminal(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various terminal settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested shell setting
+    """
+    if key in ["Shell"]:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
+            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key])
+    elif key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
+        f = QtGui.QFont()
+        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
+            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key]))
+        return f
+    elif key in ["LinenoWidth", "MaxHistoryEntries"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
+            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Terminal/" + key,
+            prefClass.terminalDefaults[key]))
+
+def setTerminal(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various terminal settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["MonospacedFont", "MarginsFont"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Terminal/" + key, value.toString())
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Terminal/" + key, value)
+
+def getProject(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various project handling settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested project setting
+    """
+    if key in ["RecentNumber"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Project/" + key,
+            prefClass.projectDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Project/" + key,
+            prefClass.projectDefaults[key]))
+    
+def setProject(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various project handling settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Project/" + key, value)
+    
+def getProjectBrowserFlags(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various project browser flags settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested project setting
+    """
+    try:
+        default = prefClass.projectBrowserFlagsDefaults[key]
+    except KeyError:
+        default = AllBrowsersFlag
+    
+    return int(prefClass.settings.value("Project/BrowserFlags/" + key, default))
+    
+def setProjectBrowserFlags(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various project browser flags settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Project/BrowserFlags/" + key, value)
+    
+def setProjectBrowserFlagsDefault(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various project browser flags settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.projectBrowserFlagsDefaults[key] = value
+    
+def removeProjectBrowserFlags(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to remove a project browser flags setting.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be removed
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.remove("Project/BrowserFlags/" + key)
+    
+def getProjectBrowserColour(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various project browser colours.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested project browser colour
+    """
+    col = prefClass.settings.value("Project/Colour/" + key)
+    if col is not None:
+        return QtGui.QColor(col)
+    else:
+        return prefClass.projectBrowserColourDefaults[key]
+    
+def setProjectBrowserColour(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various project browser colours.
+    
+    @param key the key of the colour to be set
+    @param value the colour to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Project/Colour/" + key, value.name())
+    
+def getMultiProject(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various project handling settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested project setting
+    """
+    if key in ["RecentNumber"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("MultiProject/" + key,
+            prefClass.multiProjectDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("MultiProject/" + key,
+            prefClass.multiProjectDefaults[key]))
+    
+def setMultiProject(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various project handling settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("MultiProject/" + key, value)
+    
+def getQt4DocDir(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the Qt4DocDir setting.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested Qt4DocDir setting (string)
+    """
+    s = prefClass.settings.value("Help/Qt4DocDir",
+        prefClass.helpDefaults["Qt4DocDir"])
+    if s == "":
+        return os.getenv("QT4DOCDIR", "")
+    else:
+        return s
+    
+def getHelp(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various help settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested help setting
+    """
+    if key in ["StandardFont", "FixedFont"]:
+        f = QtGui.QFont()
+        f.fromString(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key,
+            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
+        return f
+    elif key in ["SaveUrlColor"]:
+        col = prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key)
+        if col is not None:
+            return QtGui.QColor(col)
+        else:
+            return prefClass.helpDefaults[key]
+    elif key in ["WebSearchKeywords"]:
+        # return a list of tuples of (keyword, engine name)
+        keywords = []
+        size = prefClass.settings.beginReadArray("Help/" + key);
+        for index in range(size):
+            prefClass.settings.setArrayIndex(index)
+            keyword = prefClass.settings.value("Keyword")
+            engineName = prefClass.settings.value("Engine")
+            keywords.append((keyword, engineName))
+        prefClass.settings.endArray()
+        return keywords
+    elif key in ["HelpViewerType", "DiskCacheSize", "AcceptCookies", 
+                 "KeepCookiesUntil", "StartupBehavior", "HistoryLimit"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, 
+            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["SingleHelpWindow", "SaveGeometry", "WebSearchSuggestions", 
+                 "DiskCacheEnabled", "FilterTrackingCookies", "PrintBackgrounds", 
+                 "SavePasswords", "AdBlockEnabled", "AutoLoadImages", 
+                 "JavaEnabled", "JavaScriptEnabled", "JavaScriptCanOpenWindows", 
+                 "JavaScriptCanAccessClipboard", "PluginsEnabled"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, 
+            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["AdBlockSubscriptions"]:
+        return toList(prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, 
+            prefClass.helpDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Help/" + key, prefClass.helpDefaults[key])
+    
+def setHelp(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various help settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["StandardFont", "FixedFont"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Help/" + key, value.toString())
+    elif key == "SaveUrlColor":
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Help/" + key, value.name())
+    elif key == "WebSearchKeywords":
+        # value is list of tuples of (keyword, engine name)
+        prefClass.settings.beginWriteArray("Help/" + key, len(value))
+        index = 0
+        for v in value:
+            prefClass.settings.setArrayIndex(index)
+            prefClass.settings.setValue("Keyword", v[0])
+            prefClass.settings.setValue("Engine", v[1])
+            index += 1
+        prefClass.settings.endArray()
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Help/" + key, value)
+    
+def getSystem(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various system settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested system setting
+    """
+    from Utilities import supportedCodecs
+    if key in ["StringEncoding", "IOEncoding"]:
+        encoding = prefClass.settings.value("System/" + key, 
+            prefClass.sysDefaults[key])
+        if encoding not in supportedCodecs:
+            encoding = prefClass.sysDefaults[key]
+        return encoding
+    
+def setSystem(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various system settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("System/" + key, value)
+    
+def getQt4TranslationsDir(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the Qt4TranslationsDir setting.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested Qt4TranslationsDir setting (string)
+    """
+    s = prefClass.settings.value("Qt/Qt4TranslationsDir", 
+        prefClass.qtDefaults["Qt4TranslationsDir"])
+    if s == "":
         s = os.getenv("QT4TRANSLATIONSDIR", "")
     if s == "" and isWindowsPlatform():
         from PyQt4 import pyqtconfig
@@ -1809,374 +1813,374 @@
         if os.path.exists(transPath):
             s = transPath
     return s
-    
-def getQt(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various Qt settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested Qt setting
-    """
-    if key == "Qt4TranslationsDir":
-        return getQt4TranslationsDir(prefClass)
-    else: 
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Qt/" + key, prefClass.qtDefaults[key])
-    
-def setQt(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various Qt settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Qt/" + key, value)
-    
-def getCorba(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various corba settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested corba setting
-    """
-    return prefClass.settings.value("Corba/" + key, prefClass.corbaDefaults[key])
-    
-def setCorba(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various corba settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Corba/" + key, value)
-    
-def getUser(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the various user settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    if key == "MailServerPassword":
-        from Utilities import pwDecode
-        return pwDecode(prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key,
-            prefClass.userDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["MailServerPort"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key, 
-            prefClass.userDefaults[key]))
-    elif key in ["MailServerAuthentication", "MailServerUseTLS", 
-                 "UseSystemEmailClient"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key, 
-            prefClass.userDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key, prefClass.userDefaults[key])
-    
-def setUser(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the various user settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key == "MailServerPassword":
-        from Utilities import pwEncode
-        prefClass.settings.setValue(
-            "User/" + key, pwEncode(value))
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("User/" + key, value)
-    
-def getVCS(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the VCS related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    if key in ["StatusMonitorInterval"]:
-        return int(prefClass.settings.value("VCS/" + key, prefClass.vcsDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("VCS/" + key, prefClass.vcsDefaults[key]))
-    
-def setVCS(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the VCS related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("VCS/" + key, value)
-    
-def getTasks(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the Tasks related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    if key in ["TasksColour", "TasksBugfixColour", 
-               "TasksBgColour", "TasksProjectBgColour"]:
-        col = prefClass.settings.value("Tasks/" + key)
-        if col is not None:
-            return QtGui.QColor(col)
-        else:
-            return prefClass.tasksDefaults[key]
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Tasks/" + key,
-            prefClass.tasksDefaults[key])
-    
-def setTasks(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the Tasks related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["TasksColour", "TasksBugfixColour",
-               "TasksBgColour", "TasksProjectBgColour"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Tasks/" + key, value.name())
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Tasks/" + key, value)
-    
-def getTemplates(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the Templates related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    if key in ["SeparatorChar"]:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Templates/" + key,
-            prefClass.templatesDefaults[key])
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Templates/" + key,
-            prefClass.templatesDefaults[key]))
-    
-def setTemplates(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the Templates related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Templates/" + key, value)
-    
-def getPluginManager(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the plugin manager related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    if key in ["DownloadPath"]:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("PluginManager/" + key,
-            prefClass.pluginManagerDefaults[key])
-    else:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("PluginManager/" + key,
-            prefClass.pluginManagerDefaults[key]))
-    
-def setPluginManager(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the plugin manager related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("PluginManager/" + key, value)
-    
-def getGraphics(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the Graphics related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    if key in ["Font"]:
-        font = prefClass.settings.value("Graphics/" + key,
-            prefClass.graphicsDefaults[key])
-        if isinstance(font, QtGui.QFont):
-            # workaround for an old bug in eric < 4.4
-            return font
-        else:
-            f = QtGui.QFont()
-            f.fromString(font)
-            return f
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Graphics/" + key,
-            prefClass.graphicsDefaults[key])
-    
-def setGraphics(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the Graphics related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["Font"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Graphics/" + key, value.toString())
-    else:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Graphics/" + key, value)
-    
-def getIconEditor(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the Icon Editor related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    return prefClass.settings.value("IconEditor/" + key,
-        prefClass.iconEditorDefaults[key])
-    
-def setIconEditor(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the Icon Editor related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("IconEditor/" + key, value)
-
-def getFlakes(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the py3flakes related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested user setting
-    """
-    if key in ["IncludeInSyntaxCheck", "IgnoreStarImportWarnings"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Py3Flakes/" + key, 
-            prefClass.py3flakesDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        return prefClass.settings.value("Py3Flakes/" + key,
-            prefClass.py3flakesDefaults[key])
-    
-def setFlakes(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the py3flakes related settings.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the value to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.settings.setValue("Py3Flakes/" + key, value)
-    
-def getGeometry(key, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to retrieve the display geometry.
-    
-    @param key the key of the value to get
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return the requested geometry setting
-    """
-    if key in ["MainMaximized"]:
-        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Geometry/" + key,
-            prefClass.geometryDefaults[key]))
-    else:
-        v = prefClass.settings.value("Geometry/" + key)
-        if v is not None:
-            return v
-        else:
-            return prefClass.geometryDefaults[key]
-
-def setGeometry(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to store the display geometry.
-    
-    @param key the key of the setting to be set
-    @param value the geometry to be set
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    if key in ["MainMaximized"]:
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Geometry/" + key, value)
-    else:
-        if prefClass.resetLayout:
-            v = prefClass.geometryDefaults[key]
-        else:
-            v = value
-        prefClass.settings.setValue("Geometry/" + key, v)
-
-def resetLayout(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to set a flag not storing the current layout.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    """
-    prefClass.resetLayout = True
-
-def shouldResetLayout(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to indicate a reset of the layout.
-    
-    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
-    @return flag indicating a reset of the layout (boolean)
-    """
-    return prefClass.resetLayout
-    
-def saveResetLayout(prefClass = Prefs):
-    """
-    Module function to save the reset layout.
-    """
-    if prefClass.resetLayout:
-        for key in list(prefClass.geometryDefaults.keys()):
-            prefClass.settings.setValue("Geometry/" + key, 
-                prefClass.geometryDefaults[key])
-
-def toBool(value):
-    """
-    Module function to convert a value to bool.
-    
-    @param value value to be converted
-    @return converted data
-    """
-    if value in ["true", "1", "True"]:
-        return True
-    elif value in ["false", "0", "False"]:
-        return False
-    else:
-        return bool(value)
-
-def toList(value):
-    """
-    Module function to convert a value to a list.
-    
-    @param value value to be converted
-    @return converted data
-    """
-    if value is None:
-        return []
-    elif not isinstance(value, list):
-        return [value]
-    else:
-        return value
-
-def toByteArray(value):
-    """
-    Module function to convert a value to a byte array.
-    
-    @param value value to be converted
-    @return converted data
-    """
-    if value is None:
-        return QtCore.QByteArray()
-    else:
-        return value
-    
-initPreferences()
-initRecentSettings()
+    
+def getQt(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various Qt settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested Qt setting
+    """
+    if key == "Qt4TranslationsDir":
+        return getQt4TranslationsDir(prefClass)
+    else: 
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Qt/" + key, prefClass.qtDefaults[key])
+    
+def setQt(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various Qt settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Qt/" + key, value)
+    
+def getCorba(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various corba settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested corba setting
+    """
+    return prefClass.settings.value("Corba/" + key, prefClass.corbaDefaults[key])
+    
+def setCorba(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various corba settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Corba/" + key, value)
+    
+def getUser(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the various user settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    if key == "MailServerPassword":
+        from Utilities import pwDecode
+        return pwDecode(prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key,
+            prefClass.userDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["MailServerPort"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key, 
+            prefClass.userDefaults[key]))
+    elif key in ["MailServerAuthentication", "MailServerUseTLS", 
+                 "UseSystemEmailClient"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key, 
+            prefClass.userDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("User/" + key, prefClass.userDefaults[key])
+    
+def setUser(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the various user settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key == "MailServerPassword":
+        from Utilities import pwEncode
+        prefClass.settings.setValue(
+            "User/" + key, pwEncode(value))
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("User/" + key, value)
+    
+def getVCS(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the VCS related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    if key in ["StatusMonitorInterval"]:
+        return int(prefClass.settings.value("VCS/" + key, prefClass.vcsDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("VCS/" + key, prefClass.vcsDefaults[key]))
+    
+def setVCS(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the VCS related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("VCS/" + key, value)
+    
+def getTasks(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the Tasks related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    if key in ["TasksColour", "TasksBugfixColour", 
+               "TasksBgColour", "TasksProjectBgColour"]:
+        col = prefClass.settings.value("Tasks/" + key)
+        if col is not None:
+            return QtGui.QColor(col)
+        else:
+            return prefClass.tasksDefaults[key]
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Tasks/" + key,
+            prefClass.tasksDefaults[key])
+    
+def setTasks(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the Tasks related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["TasksColour", "TasksBugfixColour",
+               "TasksBgColour", "TasksProjectBgColour"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Tasks/" + key, value.name())
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Tasks/" + key, value)
+    
+def getTemplates(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the Templates related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    if key in ["SeparatorChar"]:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Templates/" + key,
+            prefClass.templatesDefaults[key])
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Templates/" + key,
+            prefClass.templatesDefaults[key]))
+    
+def setTemplates(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the Templates related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Templates/" + key, value)
+    
+def getPluginManager(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the plugin manager related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    if key in ["DownloadPath"]:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("PluginManager/" + key,
+            prefClass.pluginManagerDefaults[key])
+    else:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("PluginManager/" + key,
+            prefClass.pluginManagerDefaults[key]))
+    
+def setPluginManager(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the plugin manager related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("PluginManager/" + key, value)
+    
+def getGraphics(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the Graphics related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    if key in ["Font"]:
+        font = prefClass.settings.value("Graphics/" + key,
+            prefClass.graphicsDefaults[key])
+        if isinstance(font, QtGui.QFont):
+            # workaround for an old bug in eric < 4.4
+            return font
+        else:
+            f = QtGui.QFont()
+            f.fromString(font)
+            return f
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Graphics/" + key,
+            prefClass.graphicsDefaults[key])
+    
+def setGraphics(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the Graphics related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["Font"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Graphics/" + key, value.toString())
+    else:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Graphics/" + key, value)
+    
+def getIconEditor(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the Icon Editor related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    return prefClass.settings.value("IconEditor/" + key,
+        prefClass.iconEditorDefaults[key])
+    
+def setIconEditor(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the Icon Editor related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("IconEditor/" + key, value)
+
+def getFlakes(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the py3flakes related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested user setting
+    """
+    if key in ["IncludeInSyntaxCheck", "IgnoreStarImportWarnings"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Py3Flakes/" + key, 
+            prefClass.py3flakesDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        return prefClass.settings.value("Py3Flakes/" + key,
+            prefClass.py3flakesDefaults[key])
+    
+def setFlakes(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the py3flakes related settings.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the value to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.settings.setValue("Py3Flakes/" + key, value)
+    
+def getGeometry(key, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to retrieve the display geometry.
+    
+    @param key the key of the value to get
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return the requested geometry setting
+    """
+    if key in ["MainMaximized"]:
+        return toBool(prefClass.settings.value("Geometry/" + key,
+            prefClass.geometryDefaults[key]))
+    else:
+        v = prefClass.settings.value("Geometry/" + key)
+        if v is not None:
+            return v
+        else:
+            return prefClass.geometryDefaults[key]
+
+def setGeometry(key, value, prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to store the display geometry.
+    
+    @param key the key of the setting to be set
+    @param value the geometry to be set
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    if key in ["MainMaximized"]:
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Geometry/" + key, value)
+    else:
+        if prefClass.resetLayout:
+            v = prefClass.geometryDefaults[key]
+        else:
+            v = value
+        prefClass.settings.setValue("Geometry/" + key, v)
+
+def resetLayout(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to set a flag not storing the current layout.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    """
+    prefClass.resetLayout = True
+
+def shouldResetLayout(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to indicate a reset of the layout.
+    
+    @param prefClass preferences class used as the storage area
+    @return flag indicating a reset of the layout (boolean)
+    """
+    return prefClass.resetLayout
+    
+def saveResetLayout(prefClass = Prefs):
+    """
+    Module function to save the reset layout.
+    """
+    if prefClass.resetLayout:
+        for key in list(prefClass.geometryDefaults.keys()):
+            prefClass.settings.setValue("Geometry/" + key, 
+                prefClass.geometryDefaults[key])
+
+def toBool(value):
+    """
+    Module function to convert a value to bool.
+    
+    @param value value to be converted
+    @return converted data
+    """
+    if value in ["true", "1", "True"]:
+        return True
+    elif value in ["false", "0", "False"]:
+        return False
+    else:
+        return bool(value)
+
+def toList(value):
+    """
+    Module function to convert a value to a list.
+    
+    @param value value to be converted
+    @return converted data
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        return []
+    elif not isinstance(value, list):
+        return [value]
+    else:
+        return value
+
+def toByteArray(value):
+    """
+    Module function to convert a value to a byte array.
+    
+    @param value value to be converted
+    @return converted data
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        return QtCore.QByteArray()
+    else:
+        return value
+    
+initPreferences()
+initRecentSettings()

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