Index: scripts/scriptils.py
===================================================================
--- scripts/scriptils.py	(revision 0)
+++ scripts/scriptils.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#   Programmer:     Helio Perroni Filho
+#   E-mail:         xperroni@gmail.com
+#
+#   Copyleft 2011 Helio Perroni Filho
+#
+#   Distributed under the terms of the GPL (GNU Public License)
+#
+#   UliPad 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, write to the Free Software
+#   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+__doc__ = 'Colection of utility functions to create UliPad scripts.'
+
+from StringIO import StringIO
+
+
+def emptytab(win):
+    r'''Returns a reference to an empty tab, creating one if the current tab
+        is not empty.
+    '''
+    return win.document if isemptytab(win) else newtab(win)
+
+
+def isdirtytab(win):
+    r'''Checks whether the current editor tab's buffer is dirty (i.e. has
+        contents not yet commited to disk).
+    '''
+    doc = win.document
+    title = win.GetTitle()
+    return doc.filename == '' or title.endswith('*')
+
+
+
+def isemptytab(win):
+    r'''Checks whether the current editor tab is a new tab with no contents.
+    '''
+    doc = win.document
+    title = win.GetTitle()
+    return doc.filename == '' and not title.endswith('*')
+
+
+def newtab(win):
+    r'''Creates a new tab, returning a reference to the enclosed document
+        object.
+    '''
+    win.editctrl.new()
+    return win.document
+
+
+def reader(win):
+    r'''Returns a file-like object with access to the current tab's contents.
+        If the current tab is dirty, the memory buffer is accessed; otherwise,
+        the underlying file is accessed.
+    '''
+    doc = win.document
+    if isdirtytab(win):
+        text = doc.GetText()
+        return StringIO(text)
+    else:
+        return open(doc.filename)
Index: UliPad.py
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--- UliPad.py	(revision 550)
+++ UliPad.py	(working copy)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(workpath, 'modules'))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(workpath, 'plugins'))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(workpath, 'packages'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(workpath, 'scripts'))
 curpath = os.getcwd()
 os.chdir(workpath)
 Globals.workpath = workpath