initialize_default_settings()

  if love.filesystem.getInfo('config') then
    load_settings()
  else
    initialize_default_settings()
  end

end
function load_settings()
  local settings = json.decode(love.filesystem.read('config'))
  -- maximize window to determine maximum allowable dimensions
  App.screen.width, App.screen.height, App.screen.flags = love.window.getMode()
  -- set up desired window dimensions
  App.screen.flags.resizable = true
  App.screen.flags.minwidth = math.min(App.screen.width, 200)
  App.screen.flags.minheight = math.min(App.screen.width, 200)
  App.screen.width, App.screen.height = settings.width, settings.height
  love.window.setMode(App.screen.width, App.screen.height, App.screen.flags)
  love.window.setPosition(settings.x, settings.y, settings.displayindex)

--?   -- TODO: save important settings
--?   local x,y,displayindex = love.window.getPosition()
--?   local filename = Editor_state.filename
--?   if filename:sub(1,1) ~= '/' then
--?     filename = love.filesystem.getWorkingDirectory()..'/'..filename  -- '/' should work even on Windows
--?   end
--?   local settings = {
--?     x=x, y=y, displayindex=displayindex,
--?     width=App.screen.width, height=App.screen.height,
--?     font_height=Editor_state.font_height,
--?     filename=filename,
--?     screen_top=Editor_state.screen_top1, cursor=Editor_state.cursor1}
--?   love.filesystem.write('config', json.encode(settings))

  -- save some important settings
  local x,y,displayindex = love.window.getPosition()
  local settings = {
    x=x, y=y, displayindex=displayindex,
    width=App.screen.width, height=App.screen.height,
  }
  love.filesystem.write('config', json.encode(settings))