some epub/mobi fixes

[librarian.git] / librarian / __init__.py

diff --git a/librarian/__init__.py b/librarian/__init__.py
index 0074ee9..5b6981d 100644 (file)
--- a/librarian/__init__.py
+++ b/librarian/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
 import os
 
 class ParseError(Exception):
-    pass
+    def __str__(self):
+        """ Dirty workaround for Python Unicode handling problems. """
+        return self.message.message
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        """ Dirty workaround for Python Unicode handling problems. """
+        return self.message.message
 
 class ValidationError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -130,3 +136,7 @@ SERIALIZERS = {
 
 def serialize_children(element, format='raw'):
     return SERIALIZERS[format](element)
+
+def get_resource(path):
+    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), path)
+