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src/textual/app.py

@@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ def fileno(self) -> int:
 class App(Generic[ReturnType], DOMNode):
     """The base class for Textual Applications."""
 
+    CONFIG_PATH: str | None = None
+    """Path to app config, or `None` for no app config."""
+
+    APP_ID: str | None = None
+    """A unique identifier used in the config system, or `None` to use the name of the App sub-class."""
+
     CSS: ClassVar[str] = ""
     """Inline CSS, useful for quick scripts. This is loaded after CSS_PATH,
     and therefore takes priority in the event of a specificity clash."""

src/textual/config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import tomllib
+from os import PathLike
+
+
+class Config:
+    def __init__(self, *paths: PathLike) -> None:
+        self.paths = paths
+        self._data: dict | None = None
+        self._attempted_read = False
+
+    def _read(self) -> dict:
+        configs: list[dict] = []
+        for path in self.paths:
+            try:
+                with open(path, "rb") as config_file:
+                    configs.append(tomllib.load(config_file))
+            except IOError:
+                pass
+        config = configs[0]
+        for overlay_config in configs[1:]:
+            if isinstance(overlay_config, dict):
+                for key, value in overlay_config.items():
+                    config[key] = value
+        return config
+
+    @property
+    def data(self) -> dict:
+        if not self._attempted_read:
+            self._attempted_read = True
+            self._data = self._read()
+        if self._data is None:
+            return {}
+        return self._data
+
+    def get(self, *keys: str, default: object = None) -> object:
+        data = self.data
+        for key in keys:
+            if key not in data:
+                return default
+            data = data[key]
+        return data
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    config = Config("config.toml")
+    from rich import print
+
+    print(config.data)

src/textual/widget.py

@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ def render_str(self, text_content: str | Text) -> Text:
             A text object.
         """
         text = (
-            Text.from_markup(text_content)
+            Text.from_markup(text_content, end="")
             if isinstance(text_content, str)
             else text_content
         )