Move code related to persistent settings used by RIDE and Mabot to the core framework

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Both RIDE and Mabot need to store settings persistently and we've
implemented generic code for that purpose. Currently both RIDE and Mabot
have their own versions of this code stored in their code base. It would be
better to move it to the core framework so that they, and other tools,
could use simply use it from `robot.utils`. 

The version of this code in RIDE's code base can be found behind the URL
below. Notice that it uses external, BSD licensed, configobj module that is
located in the same directory.

http://code.google.com/p/robotframework-ride/source/browse/src/robotide/context/
settings.py

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pekka.klarck on 25 Mar 2010 at 8:15

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Original comment by KariH...@gmail.com on 29 Mar 2010 at 11:08

• Added labels: Target-2.6
• Removed labels: Target-2.5

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Robot itself could also utilize global setting files. They could have the 
default values for all the command line options. This needs to be discussed 
separately and should probably be also a separate issue.

Original comment by pekka.klarck on 13 Dec 2010 at 12:49

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Original comment by janne.t....@gmail.com on 19 May 2011 at 1:20

• Added labels: Target-2.7

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Initially descoped from 2.7 due to lack of time

Original comment by robotframework@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2011 at 8:42

• Removed labels: Target-2.7

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Robot Framework is being migrated to GitHub and issues have already been moved 
to https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/issues/. Old IDs are 
preserved so you can find this particular issue using URL like:

    https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/issues/<id>

Original comment by pekka.klarck on 30 Jun 2014 at 2:12

• Changed state: Moved