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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace DesertPaintLab
+{
+    public class Settings
+    {
+        private Settings()
+        {
+        }
+
+        private static Dictionary<string, string> _settings = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
+        public static void Get(string key, out int value)
+        {
+            value = 0;
+            string valStr;
+            if ( _settings.TryGetValue(key.ToLower(), out valStr) )
+            {
+                Int32.TryParse(valStr, out value);
+            }
+        }
+        public static void Get(string key, out bool value)
+        {
+            value = false;
+            string valStr;
+            if ( _settings.TryGetValue(key.ToLower(), out valStr) )
+            {
+                Boolean.TryParse(valStr, out value);
+            }
+        }
+        public static void Set(string key, int value)
+        {
+            _settings[key.ToLower()] = value.ToString();
+        }
+        public static void Get(string key, bool value)
+        {
+            _settings[key.ToLower()] = value.ToString();
+        }
+
+        public static void Save()
+        {
+            string settingsPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(FileUtils.AppDataPath, "settings");
+            using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(settingsPath))
+            {
+                foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> pair in _settings)
+                {
+                    writer.WriteLine("{0}={1}", pair.Key, pair.Value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    
+        
+        static Regex optionEntry = new Regex(@"(?<opt>[^#=][^=]*)=(?<optval>.*)$");
+        public static bool Load()
+        {
+            string settingsPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(FileUtils.AppDataPath, "settings");
+            if (System.IO.File.Exists(settingsPath))
+            {
+                string line;
+                Match match;
+                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(settingsPath))
+                {
+                    while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null) 
+                    {
+                        match = optionEntry.Match(line);
+                        if (match.Success)
+                        {
+                            String optName = match.Groups["opt"].Value.ToLower();
+                            String optVal = match.Groups["optval"].Value.Trim();
+                            if (optName.Equals("debug"))
+                            {
+                                // convert
+                                optName = "enabledebugmenu";
+                            }
+                            _settings[optName.ToLower()] = optVal;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
+