static protected void load(InputStream input) throws IOException {
    // check for platform-specific properties in the defaults
    String platformExt = "." + PConstants.platformNames[PApplet.platform];
    int platformExtLength = platformExt.length();
    HashMap<String,String> plattable = new HashMap<String,String>();

    String[] lines = PApplet.loadStrings(input);  // Reads as UTF-8
    for (String line : lines) {
      if ((line.length() == 0) ||
          (line.charAt(0) == '#'))
                continue;

      // this won't properly handle = signs being in the text
      int equals = line.indexOf('=');
      if (equals != -1)
      {
        String key = line.substring(0, equals).trim();

        // check if this is a platform-specific key, and if so, shave things

        if (key.endsWith(platformExt))
        {
          // this is a key specific to this platform
          key = key.substring(0, key.length() - platformExtLength);
                 String value = line.substring(equals + 1).trim();
                plattable.put(key, value);
        }
        else
        {
                String value = line.substring(equals + 1).trim();
                table.put(key, value);
        }

        }
    }
        table.putAll(plattable);
  }