code: def saveProfile(self, settings=None):
          
          self._updateNonDefaultsForInspector(self.inspectorRegItem, self.inspector)
  
          if settings is None:
              settings = QtCore.QSettings()
          logger.debug("Writing settings to: {}".format(settings.group()))
  
          settings.beginGroup('cfg_inspectors')
          try:
              for key, nonDefaults in self._inspectorsNonDefaults.items():
                  if nonDefaults:
                      settings.setValue(key, ctiDumps(nonDefaults))
                      logger.debug("Writing non defaults for {}: {}".format(key, nonDefaults))
          finally:
              settings.endGroup()
  
          self.configWidget.configTreeView.saveProfile("config_tree/header_state", settings)
          self.repoWidget.repoTreeView.saveProfile("repo_tree/header_state", settings)
  
          settings.setValue("geometry", self.saveGeometry())
          settings.setValue("state", self.saveState())
  
          identifier = self.inspectorRegItem.identifier if self.inspectorRegItem else ''
          settings.setValue("inspector", identifier)
docs: Writes the view settings to the persistent store