--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/name/blackcap/imageprep/Settings.kt	Thu Jul 16 19:57:23 2020 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Our settings. Basically just some parsed properties.
+ */
+package name.blackcap.imageprep
+
+/* work around name shadowing */
+private val _PROPS = PROPERTIES
+
+object Settings {
+    private var homeDir = System.getProperty("user.home")
+    val maxDimension = _PROPS.getProperty("maxDimension").toInt()
+    val outputQuality = _PROPS.getProperty("outputQuality").toInt()
+    val outputSuffix = tilde(_PROPS.getProperty("outputSuffix"))
+    val outputTo = tilde(_PROPS.getProperty("outputTo"))
+    val outputToInputDir = strToBool(_PROPS.getProperty("outputToInputDir"))
+
+    private fun tilde(s: String): String {
+        if (s.isNullOrEmpty())
+            return homeDir
+        if (s.startsWith("~/") || s.startsWith("~\\"))
+            return File(homeDir, s.substring(1).trimStart('/', '\\')).toString()
+        else
+            return s
+    }
+
+    private fun strToBool(s: String): Boolean {
+        if (s.isNullOrEmpty())
+            return false
+        val c1 = s[0].toLowerCase()
+        return c1 == 't' || c1 == 'y'
+    }
+}