- removed the 'machinist setting' and allow all over the app the usages of both negative and positive values (where it is the case)

appGUI/preferences/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from appGUI.GUIElements import *
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QSettings
+
 import gettext
 import appTranslation as fcTranslate
 import builtins
@@ -8,9 +8,3 @@ import builtins
 fcTranslate.apply_language('strings')
 if '_' not in builtins.__dict__:
     _ = gettext.gettext
-
-settings = QSettings("Open Source", "FlatCAM")
-if settings.contains("machinist"):
-    machinist_setting = settings.value('machinist', type=int)
-else:
-    machinist_setting = 0