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jethro.itt	2007-12-17 , 07:57
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You know, Python has a built-in module for this, no need to reinvent the wheel:

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html

settings.ini:

Code:

[button1]
image=/home/user/browser.png
othersetting=whatever

[button2]
image=/home/user/somethingelse.png

...

Python code:

Code:

import ConfigParser

cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
cfg.read("settings.ini")

browserpic = cfg.get("button1", "image")

...

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