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+# Copyright 2014 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
+#
+# This file is part of qutebrowser.
+#
+# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Setting sections used for qutebrowser."""
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+import qutebrowser.config.templates as template
+import qutebrowser.config.options as opt
+
+
+class KeyValue:
+
+    """Representation of a section with ordinary key-value mappings.
+
+    This is a section which contains normal "key = value" pairs with a fixed
+    set of keys.
+
+    Attributes:
+        values: An OrderedDict with key as index and value as value.
+                key: string
+                value: SettingValue
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        """Constructor.
+
+        Args:
+            *args: Key/Value pairs to set.
+                   key: string
+                   value: SettingValue
+
+        """
+        if args:
+            self.values = OrderedDict(args)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Get the key = value pairs as a string."""
+        # FIXME implement that in some toini() method
+        #return '\n'.join('{} = {}'.format(key, val.rawvalue)
+        #                 for key, val in self.values.items())
+        return str(self.values)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        """Get the value for key.
+
+        Args:
+            key: The key to get a value for, as a string.
+
+        Return:
+            The value, as value class.
+
+        """
+        return self.values[key]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        """Set the value for key.
+
+        Args:
+            key: The key to set the value for, as a string.
+            value: The value to set, as a string
+
+        """
+        self.values[key].value = value
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """Iterate over all set values."""
+        # FIXME using a custon iterator this could be done more efficiently
+        return self.values.__iter__()
+
+
+class SearchEngines(template.ValueListSection):
+
+    """Search engine config section."""
+
+    types = (opt.SearchEngineName, opt.SearchEngineUrl)
+    # FIXME how to handle interpolation here?
+    default = OrderedDict([
+        ('DEFAULT', '${duckduckgo}'),
+        ('duckduckgo', 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={}'),
+        ('ddg', '${duckduckgo}'),
+        ('google', 'https://encrypted.google.com/search?q={}'),
+        ('g', '${google}'),
+        ('wikipedia', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?'
+                      'title=Special:Search&search={}'),
+        ('wiki', '${wikipedia}'),
+    ])
+
+
+class KeyBindings(template.ValueListSection):
+
+    """Keybindings config section."""
+
+    types = (opt.KeyBindingName, opt.KeyBinding)
+    default = OrderedDict([
+        ('o', 'open'),
+        ('go', 'opencur'),
+        ('O', 'tabopen'),
+        ('gO', 'tabopencur'),
+        ('ga', 'tabopen about:blank'),
+        ('d', 'tabclose'),
+        ('J', 'tabnext'),
+        ('K', 'tabprev'),
+        ('r', 'reload'),
+        ('H', 'back'),
+        ('L', 'forward'),
+        ('h', 'scroll -50 0'),
+        ('j', 'scroll 0 50'),
+        ('k', 'scroll 0 -50'),
+        ('l', 'scroll 50 0'),
+        ('u', 'undo'),
+        ('gg', 'scroll_perc_y 0'),
+        ('G', 'scroll_perc_y'),
+        ('n', 'nextsearch'),
+        ('yy', 'yank'),
+        ('yY', 'yank sel'),
+        ('yt', 'yanktitle'),
+        ('yT', 'yanktitle sel'),
+        ('pp', 'paste'),
+        ('pP', 'paste sel'),
+        ('Pp', 'tabpaste'),
+        ('PP', 'tabpaste sel'),
+        ('-', 'zoomout'),
+        ('+', 'zoomin'),
+        ('@Ctrl-Q@', 'quit'),
+        ('@Ctrl-Shift-T@', 'undo'),
+        ('@Ctrl-W@', 'tabclose'),
+        ('@Ctrl-T@', 'tabopen about:blank'),
+        ('@Ctrl-F@', 'scroll_page 0 1'),
+        ('@Ctrl-B@', 'scroll_page 0 -1'),
+        ('@Ctrl-D@', 'scroll_page 0 0.5'),
+        ('@Ctrl-U@', 'scroll_page 0 -0.5'),
+    ])
+
+
+class Aliases(template.ValueListSection):
+
+    """Aliases config section."""
+
+    types = (template.CommandSettingValue, template.CommandSettingValue)
+    default = OrderedDict()