code: def get_def_conf():
      '''return default configurations as simple dict'''
      ret = dict()
      for k,v in defConf.items():
          ret[k] = v[0]
      return ref get_def_conf():
      '''return default configurations as simple dict'''
      ret = dict()
      for k,v in defConf.items():
          ret[k] = v[0]
      return ret
docs: return default configurations as simple dict