diff --git a/editor/org.processing.editor/plugin.xml b/editor/org.processing.editor/plugin.xml
index d6a4d8c43..7e1d1eb9f 100644
--- a/editor/org.processing.editor/plugin.xml
+++ b/editor/org.processing.editor/plugin.xml
@@ -45,4 +45,18 @@
          </action>
       </editorContribution>
    </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages">
+      <page
+            class="org.processing.preferences.ProcessingPreferencesPage"
+            id="org.processing.preferences.ProcessingPreferencesPage"
+            name="Processing">
+      </page>
+   </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences">
+      <initializer
+            class="org.processing.preferences.PreferenceInitializer">
+      </initializer>
+   </extension>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/PreferenceConstants.java b/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/PreferenceConstants.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61bf7668b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/PreferenceConstants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.processing.preferences;
+
+/**
+ * Constant definitions for plug-in preferences
+ */
+public class PreferenceConstants {
+
+	// Editor Preferences
+	public static final String PROCESSING_SKETCH = "sketch_path"; // path preference
+	public static final String PROCESSING_AUTO_INDENT = "eclipse.editor.auto.indent";
+	
+//	// PROCESSING_PREFERENCES prefix indicates membership in the processing.app preferences class
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_EDITOR_TABS_SIZE = "editor.tabs.size";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_SUBSTITUTE_FLOATS= "preproc.substitute_floats";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_WEB_COLORS = "preproc.web_colors";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_COLOR_DATATYPE = "preproc.color_datatype";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_ENHANCED_CASTING = "preproc.enhanced_casted";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_SUBSTITUTE_UNICODE = "preproc.substitute.unicode";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_OUTPUT_PARSE_TREE = "preproc.output_parse.tree";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_EXPORT_APPLICATION_FULLSCREEN = "export.application.fullscreen";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_RUN_PRESENT_BGCOLOR = "run.present.bgcolor";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_EXPORT_APPLICATION_STOP = "export.application.stop";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_RUN_PRESENT_STOP_COLOR = "run.present.stop.color";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_RUN_WINDOW_BGCOLOR = "run.window.bgcolor";
+//	public static final String PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_PREPROC_IMPORTS_LIST = "preproc.imports.list";
+	
+}
diff --git a/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/PreferenceInitializer.java b/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/PreferenceInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2533609f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/PreferenceInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.processing.preferences;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.AbstractPreferenceInitializer;
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;
+
+import org.processing.editor.ProcessingEditorPlugin;
+
+/**
+ * Class used to initialize default preference values.
+ */
+public class PreferenceInitializer extends AbstractPreferenceInitializer {
+
+	/**
+	 *  Sets the default preference values
+	 */
+	public void initializeDefaultPreferences() {
+		IPreferenceStore store = ProcessingEditorPlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore();
+		
+		//store.setDefault(PreferenceContants.PROCESSING_SKETCH, value);
+		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_AUTO_INDENT, true);
+
+		// PROCESSING_PREFERENCES are processing.app preferences
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_EDITOR_TABS_SIZE, "4");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_SUBSTITUTE_FLOATS, "true");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_WEB_COLORS, "true");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_COLOR_DATATYPE, "true");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_ENHANCED_CASTING, "true");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_SUBSTITUTE_UNICODE, "true");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_OUTPUT_PARSE_TREE, "false");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_EXPORT_APPLICATION_FULLSCREEN, "false");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_RUN_PRESENT_BGCOLOR, "#666666");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_EXPORT_APPLICATION_STOP, "true");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_RUN_PRESENT_STOP_COLOR, "#cccccc");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_RUN_WINDOW_BGCOLOR, "#ECE9D8");
+//		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_APP_PREFERENCES_PREPROC_PREPROC_IMPORTS_LIST, "java.applet.*,java.awt.Dimension,java.awt.Frame,java.awt.event.MouseEvent,java.awt.event.KeyEvent,java.awt.event.FocusEvent,java.awt.Image,java.io.*,java.net.*,java.text.*,java.util.*,java.util.zip.*,java.util.regex.*");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/ProcessingPreferencesPage.java b/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/ProcessingPreferencesPage.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c9231438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/org.processing.editor/src/org/processing/preferences/ProcessingPreferencesPage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.processing.preferences;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.*;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferencePage;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbench;
+import org.processing.editor.ProcessingEditorPlugin;
+
+/**
+ * This page is used to modify preferences only. They
+ * are stored in the preference store that belongs to
+ * the main plug-in class. That way, preferences can
+ * be accessed directly via the preference store.
+ * <p>
+ * Two editor preferences are included as examples, but
+ * currently do not do anything.
+ * <p>
+ * //TODO transfer Processing.app preferences here
+ * this may involve subclassing PreferencePage,
+ * but things could be setup such that these are read
+ * from a file, and we could use a customized version of
+ * a standard Processing preferences file to store this.
+ */
+
+public class ProcessingPreferencesPage
+	extends FieldEditorPreferencePage
+	implements IWorkbenchPreferencePage {
+
+	public ProcessingPreferencesPage() {
+		super(GRID);
+		setPreferenceStore(ProcessingEditorPlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore());
+		setDescription("Processing Plugin Preferences (nothing here is used, see JavaDoc)");
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the field editors. Field editors are abstractions of
+	 * the common GUI blocks needed to manipulate various types
+	 * of preferences. Each field editor knows how to save and
+	 * restore itself.
+	 */
+	public void createFieldEditors() {
+		addField(new DirectoryFieldEditor(PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_SKETCH, 
+				"Sketchbook Directory:", getFieldEditorParent()));
+		addField(
+			new BooleanFieldEditor(
+				PreferenceConstants.PROCESSING_AUTO_INDENT,
+				"Auto indent",
+				getFieldEditorParent()));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Initializes the preference page. Nothing to do here, but it has to be subclassed.	  
+	 */
+	public void init(IWorkbench workbench) {}
+	
+}
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