"""This is a module to handle generic ASE (gui) defaults ...

... from a ~/.ase/gui.py configuration file, if it exists. It is imported when
opening ase-gui and can then be modified at runtime, if necessary. syntax for
each entry:

gui_default_settings['key'] = value
"""

gui_default_settings = {
    'gui_graphs_string': 'i, e - E[-1]',  # default for the graph command
    'gui_foreground_color': '#000000',
    'gui_background_color': '#ffffff',
    'covalent_radii': None,
    'radii_scale': 0.89}


def read_defaults():
    import os.path
    name = os.path.expanduser('~/.ase/gui.py')
    config = gui_default_settings
    if os.path.exists(name):
        exec(compile(open(name).read(), name, 'exec'))
    return config