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-- Returns value of given key from given INI file.
--
-- License: Public Domain
--
-- @param key [String]
-- @param ini_path [String]
-- @return s [String] or nil
function FetchUserPreference(key,ini_path)

  local f = io.open(ini_path,"rb")
  local s = f:read("*all")
  f:close()

  local s1,s2 = string.find(s,key.."=",1,true)
  if s1 == nil then return nil end
  local s3 = string.find(s,"\n",s1,true)
  s = s:sub(s2+1,s3-1):gsub("[\r]","")--linux,osx: \n
                                      --windows: \r\n
  --reaper.ShowConsoleMsg(key.."="..s.."\n")--debug
  return s

end


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-- Returns value of given key from given INI file.
--
--License:
--    Adapted from "Lua INI Parser"
--
--      Copyright (c) 2012 Carreras Nicolas
--
--      Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
--      of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
--      in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
--      to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
--      copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
--      furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
--
--      The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
--      copies or substantial portions of the Software.
--
--      THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
--      IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
--      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
--      AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
--      LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
--      OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
--      SOFTWARE.
-- @param key [String]
-- @param ini_path [String]
-- @return val [String] or nil
function GetUserPreference(key,ini_path)

  local f = io.open(ini_path,"r")

  for l in f:lines() do
    local _,val = l:match('^([%w|_]+)%s-=%s-(.+)$')
    if _ == key then
      --reaper.ShowConsoleMsg(_.."="..val.."\n")--debug
      f:close()
      return val
    end
  end

  f:close()
  return nil
end