<pre>on getPreferences  put liste("Preferences") into preferences  set itemDelimiter to tab  repeat with x = 1 to the number of lines of preferences    put item 1 of line x of preferences into prefName    put item 2 of line x of preferences into prefValue    if prefName is not empty and prefName is not "prefName"     and prefValue is not empty and prefValue is not "prefValue"    then do "set" && prefName && "to" && prefValue  end repeatend getPreferences</pre>