code: def _getGuiSettings(self):
          
          # Put the settings into a ConfigObj dict (don't use a config-spec)
          rcFile = self._rcDir+os.sep+APP_NAME.lower()+'.cfg'
          if os.path.exists(rcFile):
              try:
                  return configobj.ConfigObj(rcFile)
              except:
                  raise RuntimeError('Error parsing: '+os.path.realpath(rcFile))
  
              # tho, for simple types, unrepr=True eliminates need for .cfgspc
              # also, if we turn unrepr on, we don't need cfgGetBool
          else:
              return {}
docs: Return a dict (ConfigObj) of all user settings found in rcFile.