Adding empty dictionary for user prefs otherwhise is always None for the

Application

Author: anaselli

manatools/config.py

@@ -52,15 +52,17 @@ def _load(self) :
                 try:
                     f = os.path.join(loc, self._fileName)
                     with open(f, 'r') as ymlfile:
-                        self._systemSettings = yaml.load(ymlfile)
+                        self._systemSettings = yaml.safe_load(ymlfile)
                         break
                 except IOError as e:
                     print ("Skipped exception: <%s> " % str(e))
                     pass
 
             try:
                 with open(self._userPrfesPathName, 'r') as ymlfile:
-                    self._userPrefs = yaml.load(ymlfile)
+                    self._userPrefs = yaml.safe_load(ymlfile)
+                if not self._userPrefs:
+                  self._userPrefs = {}
             except IOError as e:
                 print ("Skipped exception: <%s> " % str(e))