Use pkg_resources to access default config file

Author: mpcabd

arabic_reshaper.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 from itertools import repeat
+from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 
 # ----------------------- Begin: Ligatures Definitions ---------------------- #
 
@@ -1206,11 +1207,18 @@ def __init__(self, configuration=None, configuration_file=None):
         super(ArabicReshaper, self).__init__()
 
         configuration_files = [
-            os.path.abspath(
-                os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'default-config.ini')
-            ),
+            resource_filename(__name__, 'default-config.ini')
         ]
 
+        if not os.path.exists(configuration_files[0]):
+            raise Error(
+                'Default configuration file {} not found,' +
+                ' check the module installation.'.format(
+                    configuration_file,
+                )
+            )
+
+
         loaded_from_envvar = False
 
         if not configuration_file:

setup.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 setup(
     name = "arabic_reshaper",
     description = "Reconstruct Arabic sentences to be used in applications that don't support Arabic",
-    version = '2.0.1',
+    version = '2.0.2',
     platforms = "ALL",
     license = "GPL",
     packages = ['arabic_reshaper'],