--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/util/misc.py	Wed May 09 00:00:50 2012 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""
+Misc definitions
+"""
+
+import os,sys
+
+# helper func to get path to images
+def opjimg(imgname):
+    return os.path.join(sys.path[0], "images",imgname)
+    
+# helper func to check path write permission
+def CheckPathPerm(path):
+    if path is None or not os.path.isdir(path):
+        return False
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+         for name in files:
+             if os.access(root, os.W_OK) is not True or os.access(os.path.join(root, name), os.W_OK) is not True:
+                 return False
+    return True
+
+def GetClassImporter(classpath):
+    if type(classpath)==str:
+        def fac():
+            mod=__import__(classpath.rsplit('.',1)[0])
+            return reduce(getattr, classpath.split('.')[1:], mod)
+        return fac
+    else:
+        return lambda:classpath
+