Index: config.py
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--- config.py
+++ config.py
@@ -123,10 +123,11 @@
                 self.__dict__[opt["name"]] = opt["value"]
 
         # plugin state
         if module and module not in conf.plugins:
              conf.plugins[module] = 1
+             #@TODO: use meta["priority"] in ("core", "builtin", "default") etc.
 
     
         
     # http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
     def xdg(self, path="/streamtuner2"):
@@ -187,11 +188,11 @@
             # decode
             r = json.load(f)
             f.close()
             return r
         except Exception as e:
-            print(dbg.ERR, "JSON parsing error (in "+name+")", e)
+            __print__(dbg.ERR, "JSON parsing error (in "+name+")", e)
         
 
     # recursive dict update
     def update(self, with_new_data):
         for key,value in with_new_data.items():
@@ -303,11 +304,11 @@
     """, re.M|re.X)
     config  = re.compile(r"""
         [\{\<] (.+?) [\}\>]                    # JSOL/YAML scheme {...} dicts
     """, re.X)
     options = re.compile(r"""
-        ["':$]?   (\w+)  ["']?                 # key or ":key" or '$key'
+        ["':$]?   (\w*)  ["']?                 # key or ":key" or '$key'
         \s* [:=] \s*                           # "=" or ":"
      (?:  "  ([^"]*)  " 
        |  '  ([^']*)  '                        #  "quoted" or 'singl' values
        |     ([^,]*)                           #  or unquoted literals
      )
@@ -316,11 +317,11 @@
 
 
 
 # wrapper for all print statements
 def __print__(*args):
-    if "debug" in conf:
+    if "debug" in conf and conf.debug:
         print(" ".join([str(a) for a in args]))
 
 
 # error colorization
 dbg = type('obj', (object,), {