use a common lib

default.py

@@ -28,17 +28,21 @@
 import datetime
 import _strptime
 import urllib
+import lib.common
 
 if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     import simplejson
 else:
     import json as simplejson
 
-__addon__        = xbmcaddon.Addon()
-__addonversion__ = __addon__.getAddonInfo('version')
-__addonid__      = __addon__.getAddonInfo('id')
-__addonname__    = __addon__.getAddonInfo('name')
-__localize__    = __addon__.getLocalizedString
+### get addon info
+__addon__        = lib.common.__addon__
+__addonid__      = lib.common.__addonid__
+__addonname__    = lib.common.__addonname__
+__addonpath__    = lib.common.__addonpath__
+__addonprofile__ = lib.common.__addonprofile__
+__localize__     = lib.common.__localize__
+__version__      = lib.common.__version__
 
 def log(txt):
     message = '%s: %s' % (__addonname__, txt.encode('ascii', 'ignore'))
@@ -780,9 +784,9 @@ def onPlayBackStopped(self):
         self.type = ""
 
 if (__name__ == "__main__"):
-    log('script version %s started' % __addonversion__)
+    log('script version %s started' % __version__)
     Main()
     del Widgets_Monitor
     del Widgets_Player
     del Main
-    log('script version %s stopped' % __addonversion__)
+    log('script version %s stopped' % __version__)

lib/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from common import *

lib/common.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#     Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Martijn Kaijser
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import xbmc
+import xbmcaddon
+
+### get addon info
+__addon__       = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='service.skin.widgets')
+__addonid__     = __addon__.getAddonInfo('id')
+__addonname__   = __addon__.getAddonInfo('name')
+__author__      = __addon__.getAddonInfo('author')
+__version__     = __addon__.getAddonInfo('version')
+__addonpath__   = __addon__.getAddonInfo('path')
+__addonprofile__= xbmc.translatePath(__addon__.getAddonInfo('profile')).decode('utf-8')
+__icon__        = __addon__.getAddonInfo('icon')
+__localize__    = __addon__.getLocalizedString