# os: Use bash environment variables
import os

# ConfigParser: Use variables from external file
import ConfigParser

# New ConfigParser instance called "config"
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()

# Read the Config File
config.read(os.environ.get('HOME') + "/.settings/config")

# Set variables based off of the config file read
my_color1 = config.get("colors", "color1")
my_color2 = config.get("colors", "color2")

# Show gathered settings
print("My colors were: %s and %s") % (my_color1, my_color2)