I don't know whether there is something for Zope, anyway just posting. http://groups.google.co.uk/group/turbogears/browse_thread/thread/f77979ad0e1dacd0/b97cc6d6af9439d6?tvc=2&q=turbogears+configobj#b97cc6d6af9439d6 http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html Regards, Baiju M