old_contents: from importlib import import_module
  import sys
  import os
  
  '''
  this handles importing in two major cases
  
  In one case, the program is being run as a python script/library without inkscape. Everything can proceed normally.
  
  In the other, AxiDraw's dependencies are siloed into DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME so as not to mess with other installations/extensions/etc, and to import them, the import system has to be instructed to look in DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME first.
  
  In packages that need to use `from_dependency_import` a file named `plot_utils_import.py` containing `from plotink.plot_utils_import import * has to be there, so that this importing mechanism is available to files in the package with `from plot_utils_import import from_dependency_import`
  
  # to think about this might be a good place to put a blanket import lxml
  '''
  
  DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME = 'axidraw_deps'
  DEPENDENCY_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME)
  INK_EXTENSIONS_DIR = os.path.join(DEPENDENCY_DIR, 'ink_extensions')
  
  def from_dependency_import(module_name):
      ''' module_name ex: "ink_extensions", "ink_extensions.inkex"
      module_name must be the name of a module, not a class, function, etc. '''
      module = None
  
      if os.path.isdir(DEPENDENCY_DIR):
          # running as an inkscape extension in inkscape
  
          sys.path.insert(0, DEPENDENCY_DIR)
  
          # inkscape-provided files don't know they are
          # in the ink_extensions module
          sys.path.insert(0, INK_EXTENSIONS_DIR)
  
          try:
              module = import_module(module_name)
          finally:
              for folder in [DEPENDENCY_DIR, INK_EXTENSIONS_DIR]:
                  if folder in sys.path:
                      sys.path.remove(folder)
  
      else:
          # running as a python module with traditionally installed packages
          # e.g. if you used pip or setup.py
          module = import_module(module_name)
  
      return module
  
new_contents: from importlib import import_module
  import sys
  import os
  
  '''
  this handles importing in two major cases
  
  In one case, the program is being run as a python script/library without inkscape. Everything can proceed normally.
  
  In the other, AxiDraw's dependencies are siloed into DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME so as not to mess with other installations/extensions/etc, and to import them, the import system has to be instructed to look in DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME first.
  
  In packages that need to use `from_dependency_import` a file named `plot_utils_import.py` containing `from plotink.plot_utils_import import * has to be there, so that this importing mechanism is available to files in the package with `from plot_utils_import import from_dependency_import`
  
  # to think about this might be a good place to put a blanket import lxml
  '''
  
  DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME = 'axidraw_deps'
  DEPENDENCY_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()), DEPENDENCY_DIR_NAME)
  INK_EXTENSIONS_DIR = os.path.join(DEPENDENCY_DIR, 'ink_extensions')
  
  def from_dependency_import(module_name):
      ''' module_name ex: "ink_extensions", "ink_extensions.inkex"
      module_name must be the name of a module, not a class, function, etc. '''
      module = None
  
      if os.path.isdir(DEPENDENCY_DIR):
          # running as an inkscape extension in inkscape
  
          sys.path.insert(0, DEPENDENCY_DIR)
  
          # inkscape-provided files don't know they are
          # in the ink_extensions module
          sys.path.insert(0, INK_EXTENSIONS_DIR)
  
          try:
              module = import_module(module_name)
          finally:
              for folder in [DEPENDENCY_DIR, INK_EXTENSIONS_DIR]:
                  if folder in sys.path:
                      sys.path.remove(folder)
  
      else:
          # running as a python module with traditionally installed packages
          # e.g. if you used pip or setup.py
          module = import_module(module_name)
  
      return module
  
subject: use working directory for imports