add a to_dict() for States, and then I can use a 1-liner to set a var in jscript

states.py

@@ -85,9 +85,13 @@ class States(PA):
         self.default_folder_noo=u.default_storage_noo
         self.default_search_noo=u.default_search_noo
         self.cwd=self.root
-
         return
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        # Automatically include all instance attributes
+        return {key: value for key, value in vars(self).items()}
+    
+
 ################################################################################
 # /states -> GET only -> prints out list of all prefs (simple for now)
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