diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/settings.d b/src/dlangui/core/settings.d
index 4ce52692..2b298a68 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/settings.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/settings.d
@@ -52,12 +52,19 @@ enum SettingType {
     NULL
 }
 
+/// settings file format
+enum SettingsFileFormat {
+    JSON,
+    SDL,
+}
+
 /// Settings object whith file information
 class SettingsFile {
     protected Setting _setting;
     protected string _filename;
     protected SysTime _lastModificationTime;
     protected bool _loaded;
+    protected SettingsFileFormat _format = SettingsFileFormat.JSON;
 
     @property Setting setting() { return _setting; }
     @property Setting copySettings() { 
@@ -1576,9 +1583,11 @@ final class Setting {
     private static struct JsonParser {
         string json;
         int pos;
-        void initialize(string s) {
+        bool allowEol; // for SDL parsing where EOLs are meaningful
+        void initialize(string s, bool allowEol) {
             json = s;
             pos = 0;
+            this.allowEol = allowEol;
         }
         /// returns current char
         @property char peek() {
@@ -1641,10 +1650,42 @@ final class Setting {
             static import std.ascii;
             return std.ascii.isAlphaNum(ch) || ch == '_';
         }
+        /// skip spaces and comments, return next available character
         @property char skipSpaces() {
             static import std.ascii;
             for(;pos < json.length;pos++) {
                 char ch = json[pos];
+                char nextch = pos + 1 < json.length ? json[pos + 1] : 0;
+                if (allowEol && ch == '\n')
+                    break;
+                if (ch == '#' || (ch == '/' && nextch == '/') || (ch == '-' && nextch == '-')) {
+                    // skip one line comment // or # or --
+                    pos++;
+                    for(;pos < json.length;pos++) {
+                        ch = json[pos];
+                        if (ch == '\n')
+                            break;
+                    }
+                    if (allowEol && ch == '\n')
+                        break;
+                    continue;
+                } else if (ch == '/' && nextch == '*') {
+                    // skip multiline /* */ comment
+                    pos += 2;
+                    for(;pos < json.length;pos++) {
+                        ch = json[pos];
+                        nextch = pos + 1 < json.length ? json[pos + 1] : 0;
+                        if (ch == '*' && nextch == '/') {
+                            pos += 2;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                } else if (ch == '\\' && nextch == '\n') {
+                    // continue to next line
+                    pos += 2;
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (!std.ascii.isWhite(ch))
                     break;
             }
@@ -1669,17 +1710,18 @@ final class Setting {
         @property string parseString() {
             char[] res;
             char ch = peek;
-            if (ch != '\"')
+            char quoteChar = ch;
+            if (ch != '\"' && ch != '`')
                 error("cannot parse string");
             for (;;) {
                 ch = nextChar;
                 if (!ch)
                     error("unexpected end of file while parsing string");
-                if (ch == '\"') {
+                if (ch == quoteChar) {
                     nextChar;
                     return cast(string)res;
                 }
-                if (ch == '\\') {
+                if (ch == '\\' && quoteChar != '`') {
                     // escape sequence
                     ch = nextChar;
                     switch (ch) {
@@ -1718,7 +1760,7 @@ final class Setting {
         }
         @property string parseIdent() {
             char ch = peek;
-            if (ch == '\"') {
+            if (ch == '\"' || ch == '`') {
                 return parseString;
             }
             char[] res;
@@ -1733,7 +1775,7 @@ final class Setting {
                     }
                 }
             } else
-                error("cannot parse string");
+                error("cannot parse ident");
             return cast(string)res;
         }
         bool parseKeyword(string ident) {
@@ -1898,14 +1940,350 @@ final class Setting {
     void parseJSON(string s) {
         clear(SettingType.NULL);
         JsonParser parser;
-        parser.initialize(s);
+        parser.initialize(convertEols(s), false);
         parseJSON(parser);
     }
 
+    /// SDL identifiers to be converted to JSON array (name should be changed, with 's' suffix)
+    private static immutable (string[]) identsToConvertToArrays = [
+        "subPackage", // in JSON it's subPackages
+        "configuration", // in JSON it's configurations
+        "buildType", // in JSON it's buildTypes
+    ];
+
+    /// SDL identifiers to be converted to JSON object (name should be changed, with 's' suffix)
+    private static immutable (string[]) identsToConvertToObjects = [
+        "dependency", // in JSON it's dependencies
+        "subConfiguration", // in JSON it's subConfigurations
+    ];
+
+    /// SDL identifiers of JSON array w/o name conversion
+    private static immutable (string[]) arrayIdents = [
+        "authors",
+        "x:ddoxFilterArgs",
+        "sourcePaths",
+        "importPaths",
+        "buildOptions",
+        "libs",
+        "sourceFiles",
+        "buildRequirements",
+        "excludedSourceFiles",
+        "copyFiles",
+        "versions",
+        "debugVersions",
+        "stringImportPaths",
+        "preGenerateCommands",
+        "postGenerateCommands",
+        "preBuildCommands",
+        "postBuildCommands",
+        "dflags",
+        "lflags",
+        "platforms",
+    ];
+
+    protected bool isArrayItemNameIdent(string ident) {
+        foreach(s; identsToConvertToArrays) {
+            if (ident == s)
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    protected bool isObjectItemNameIdent(string ident) {
+        foreach(s; identsToConvertToObjects) {
+            if (ident == s)
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    protected bool isArrayIdent(string ident) {
+        foreach(s; arrayIdents) {
+            if (ident == s)
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private void skipEol(ref JsonParser parser) {
+        char ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+        if (ch == 0)
+            return;
+        if (ch == '\n') {
+            parser.nextChar;
+            return;
+        }
+        parser.error("end of line expected");
+    }
+
+    private void parseSDLAttributes(ref JsonParser parser, bool ignorePlatformAttribute = true) {
+        string attrName;
+        Setting attrValue;
+        for (;;) {
+            char ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+            if (ch == 0)
+                return;
+            if (ch == '\n') {
+                parser.nextChar;
+                return;
+            }
+            if (!JsonParser.isAlpha(ch))
+                parser.error("attr=value expected");
+            attrName = parser.parseIdent();
+            attrValue = new Setting();
+            ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+            if (ch != '=')
+                parser.error("= expected after " ~ attrName);
+            ch = parser.nextChar; // skip '='
+            ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+            if (ch == '\"' || ch == '`') {
+                // string value
+                string v = parser.parseString;
+                attrValue = v;
+                if (!ignorePlatformAttribute || attrName != "platform")
+                    this[attrName] = attrValue;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (JsonParser.isAlpha(ch)) {
+                string v = parser.parseIdent;
+                if (v == "true" || v == "on") {
+                    attrValue = true;
+                    this[attrName] = attrValue;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (v == "false" || v == "off") {
+                    attrValue = false;
+                    this[attrName] = attrValue;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                parser.error("unexpected attribue value " ~ v);
+            }
+            parser.error("only string and boolean values supported for SDL attributes now");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // peek platform="value" from current line
+    private string peekSDLPlatformAttribute(ref JsonParser parser) {
+        string res = null;
+        int oldpos = parser.pos; // save position
+        for(;;) {
+            char ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+            if (ch == 0 || ch == '\n' || ch == '{' || ch == '}')
+                break;
+            if (parser.isAlpha(ch)) {
+                string ident = parser.parseIdent;
+                ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+                if (ch != '=')
+                    continue;
+                parser.nextChar;
+                ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+                string attrvalue;
+                if (ch == '\"' || ch == '`')
+                    attrvalue = parser.parseString;
+                else if (parser.isAlpha(ch))
+                    attrvalue = parser.parseIdent;
+                if (ident == "platform") {
+                    res = attrvalue;
+                    break;
+                }
+            } else if (ch == '\"' || ch == '`') {
+                string str = parser.parseString;
+            } else if (ch == '=') {
+                parser.nextChar;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        parser.pos = oldpos; // restore position
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    private void skipPlatformAttribute(ref JsonParser parser) {
+        char ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+        int oldpos = parser.pos;
+        if (parser.isAlpha(ch)) {
+            string attrName = parser.parseIdent;
+            if (attrName == "platform") {
+                ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+                if (ch == '=') {
+                    parser.nextChar;
+                    ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+                    string value = parser.parseString;
+                    return; // skipped platform attribute
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // no changes
+        parser.pos = oldpos;
+    }
+
+    private Setting parseSDL(ref JsonParser parser, bool insideCurly = false) {
+        //static import std.ascii;
+        for (;;) {
+            // looking for ident
+            char ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+            if (ch == 0)
+                break;
+            if (ch == '\n') {
+                parser.nextChar; // skip
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (ch == '}') {
+                if (!insideCurly)
+                    parser.error("unexpected }");
+                parser.nextChar; // skip
+                return this;
+            }
+            string ident = parser.parseIdent();
+            if (!ident.length)
+                parser.error("identifier expected");
+            ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+            string platform = peekSDLPlatformAttribute(parser);
+            bool isArrayConvName = isArrayItemNameIdent(ident);
+            bool isObjectConvName= isObjectItemNameIdent(ident);
+            bool isArrayName = isArrayIdent(ident) || isArrayConvName;
+            if (isArrayConvName || isObjectConvName) {
+                import std.algorithm : endsWith;
+                if (ident.endsWith("y"))
+                    ident = ident[0 .. $-1] ~ "ies"; // e.g. dependency->dependencies
+                else if (!ident.endsWith("s"))
+                    ident = ident ~ "s"; // a.g. author->authors
+            }
+            if (platform.length)
+                ident = ident ~ "-" ~ platform;
+            Setting valueObj = this[ident]; // looking for existing object
+            if (!valueObj) { // create if not exist
+                valueObj = new Setting();
+                this[ident] = valueObj;
+            }
+            if (isArrayName) {
+                if (!valueObj.isArray) {
+                    // convert to array
+                    valueObj.clear(SettingType.ARRAY);
+                }
+            }
+            // now we have identifier
+            if (ch == '\"' || ch == '`') {
+                string value = parser.parseString;
+                skipPlatformAttribute(parser);
+                ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+                if (ch == '{') {
+                    /*
+                        ident "name" {
+                            //...
+                        }
+                    */
+                    parser.nextChar; // skip {
+                    Setting obj = isArrayName ? new Setting() : valueObj;
+                    obj["name"] = value;
+                    obj.parseSDL(parser, true);
+                    if (isArrayName)
+                        valueObj.array = valueObj.array ~ obj;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (JsonParser.isAlpha(ch)) {
+                    // ident=value pairs after "name"
+                    Setting obj = (isArrayName || isObjectConvName) ? new Setting() : valueObj;
+                    if (!isObjectConvName)
+                        obj["name"] = value;
+                    obj.parseSDLAttributes(parser);
+                    if (isArrayName)
+                        valueObj.array = valueObj.array ~ obj;
+                    else if (isObjectConvName)
+                        valueObj[value] = obj;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (isArrayName) {
+                    Setting[] values = valueObj.array;
+                    Setting svalue = new Setting();
+                    svalue = value;
+                    values ~= svalue;
+                    for (;;) {
+                        skipPlatformAttribute(parser);
+                        ch = parser.skipSpaces;
+                        if (ch == '\n' || ch == 0)
+                            break;
+                        if (ch == '\"' || ch == '`') {
+                            value = parser.parseString;
+                            svalue = new Setting();
+                            svalue = value;
+                            values ~= svalue;
+                        } else
+                            parser.error("array of strings expected");
+                    }
+                    valueObj.array = values;
+                } else {
+                    if (isObjectConvName) {
+                        string svalue = parser.parseString;
+                        valueObj[value] = svalue;
+                    } else {
+                        valueObj = value;
+                    }
+                }
+                skipPlatformAttribute(parser);
+                skipEol(parser);
+                continue;
+            } else if (ch == '{') {
+                // object
+                parser.nextChar; // skip {
+                if (isArrayName) {
+                    Setting[] values = valueObj.array;
+                    Setting item = new Setting();
+                    item.clear(SettingType.OBJECT);
+                    item.parseSDL(parser, true);
+                    values ~= item;
+                    valueObj.array = values;
+                } else {
+                    valueObj.parseSDL(parser, true);
+                }
+                continue;
+            } else {
+                parser.error("cannot parse SDL value");
+            }
+        }
+        if (insideCurly)
+            parser.error("} expected");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    void parseSDL(string s) {
+        clear(SettingType.NULL);
+        JsonParser parser;
+        parser.initialize(convertEols(s), true);
+        parseSDL(parser);
+    }
+
+    /// convert CR LF, LF CR, LF, CR to '\n' eol format
+    static string convertEols(string src) {
+        char[] res;
+        res.assumeSafeAppend;
+        for (int i = 0; i < src.length; i++) {
+            char ch = src[i];
+            if (ch == '\r' || ch == '\n') {
+                char nextch = i + 1 < src.length ? src[i + 1] : 0;
+                if (nextch != ch && (ch == '\r' || ch == '\n')) {
+                    // pair \r\n or \n\r
+                    res ~= '\n';
+                    i++;
+                } else {
+                    // single \r or \n
+                    res ~= '\n';
+                }
+            } else {
+                res ~= ch;
+            }
+        }
+        return res.dup;
+    }
+
+    /// load from file; autodetect SDL format using ".sdl" and ".SDL" extension mask; returns true if loaded successfully
     bool load(string filename) {
         try {
+            import std.algorithm : endsWith;
             string s = readText(filename);
-            parseJSON(s);
+            if (filename.endsWith(".sdl") || filename.endsWith(".SDL"))
+                parseSDL(s);
+            else
+                parseJSON(s);
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // Failed