proposal just has support for bold icon

src/node/utils/Settings.js

@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ exports.minify = true;
  */
 exports.abiword = null;
 
+/**
+ * The default buttons we should show on the editbar
+ */ 
+exports.toolbarItems = ["bold", "italic", "underline", "orderedList", "button", "indent", "outdent", "undo", "redo", "clearAuthorship", "importExport", "timeslider", "saveRevision", "settings", "shareEmbed", "users"];
+
 /**
  * The log level of log4js
  */
@@ -208,6 +213,18 @@ exports.reloadSettings = function reloadSettings() {
   if(exports.dbType === "dirty"){
     console.warn("DirtyDB is used. This is fine for testing but not recommended for production.");
   }
+
+  //checks if any toolbar items shouldn't be visible
+  if( settings.toolbarItems ){ // if we have them set..
+    for(var i in exports.toolbarItems){ // for each setting in exports
+      // does it exist in the settings file?
+      var exists = settings.toolbarItems.indexOf(exports.toolbarItems[i] !== -1);
+      if(!exists){
+        exports.toolbarItems.splice(i,1); // if not remove it from the array of buttons
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 };
 
 // initially load settings

src/templates/pad.html

@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@
             </div>
             <ul class="menu_left">
                 <% e.begin_block("editbarMenuLeft"); %>
+                <% if(settings.toolbarItems.indexOf("bold") !== -1){ %>
                 <li class="acl-write" id="bold" data-key="bold">
                     <a class="grouped-left" data-l10n-id="pad.toolbar.bold.title">
                       <span class="buttonicon buttonicon-bold"></span>
                     </a>
                 </li>
+                <% } %>
                 <li class="acl-write" id="italic" data-key="italic">
                     <a class="grouped-middle" data-l10n-id="pad.toolbar.italic.title">
                       <span class="buttonicon buttonicon-italic"></span>