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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+import os.path
+
+class Preferences(object):
+    """
+    This class allows us to control and maintain preferences and
+    store them
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.options = dict()
+        try:
+            self.load_preferences()
+
+        except IOError as e:
+            # for debuggin purposes
+            print "Error loading preferences file: " + str(e)
+            self.create_preferences()
+
+    def load_preferences(self):
+        """
+        Loads the preferences from the default filename
+        """
+        with open('~/.config/stevedore/main.conf', 'r') as f:
+            for line in f:
+                if line[0] != '#':
+                    try:
+                        option = line.split('=')[0].trim()
+                        value = line.split('=')[1].trim()
+
+                        self.options[option] = value
+
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        # for debugging purposes
+                        print "Problem reading the file: " + str(e)
+                        # We'd rather ignore the problems and keep loading
+                        pass
+
+    def create_preferences(self):
+        """
+        If we don't have any preferences file, we create it
+        """
+        if not os.path.isdir('~/.config/stevedore'):
+            # We create the directory
+            os.mkdir('~/.config/stevedore')
+            self.set_default_options()
+            self.save_preferences()
+
+
+
+
+
+
+