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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{prefs} =} loadprefs ()
## Return a structure containing all user configured preferences.
## @end deftypefn

function retval = loadprefs ()

  file = prefsfile ();

  s = stat (file);

  if (isstruct (s) && S_ISREG (s.mode))
    tmp = load (file);
    retval = tmp.prefs;
  else
    retval = [];
  endif

endfunction
