diff -r d4b2b2fa9fc5 -r e7ca94b94a4e preferences.py
--- a/preferences.py	Mon Feb 09 07:09:00 2009 +0200
+++ b/preferences.py	Mon Feb 09 07:15:19 2009 +0200
@@ -70,10 +70,15 @@
     
     def get (self, pref) :
         """
-            Return the value for the given Preference
+            Return the value for the given Preference, or preference name
         """
         
-        return self.values[pref.name]
+        # Preference -> name
+        if isinstance(pref, Preference) :
+            pref = pref.name
+        
+        # look up
+        return self.values[pref]
 
     # support dict-access
     __getitem__ = get