@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 __version__='0.9'
-__MAGIC = '_p_l_o_t_d_e_v_i_c_e_'
 
 def get_version():
     return __version__
@@ -29,6 +28,9 @@ class DeviceError(Exception):
 from os.path import join
 sys.path.append(join(getenv('HOME'), 'Library', 'Application Support', 'PlotDevice'))
 
+# the global non-conflicting token (fingers crossed)
+DEFAULT = '_p_l_o_t_d_e_v_i_c_e_'
+
 if is_windowed or in_setup:
     # if a script imports * from within the app/tool, nothing should be (re-)added to the
     # global namespace. we'll let the Sandbox handle populating the namespace instead.
 
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from Quartz import *
 from collections import namedtuple, defaultdict
 
-from plotdevice import DeviceError
+from plotdevice import DeviceError, DEFAULT
 from ..util import _copy_attrs, _copy_attr, _flatten, trim_zeroes
 from .colors import Color
 from .transform import Transform
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ def _set_dashstyle(self, *segments):
         self._penstyle = self._penstyle._replace(dash=steps)
     dash = dashstyle = property(_get_dashstyle, _set_dashstyle)
 
-from plotdevice import __MAGIC as DEFAULT
 class StyleMixin(Grob):
     """Mixin class for text-styling support.
     Adds the stylesheet, fill, and style attributes to the class."""
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from AppKit import *
 from Foundation import *
 
-from plotdevice import DeviceError
+from plotdevice import DeviceError, DEFAULT
 from .atoms import TransformMixin, ColorMixin, EffectsMixin, StyleMixin, BoundsMixin, Grob
 from . import _save, _restore, _ns_context
 from .transform import Transform, Region, Size
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 __all__ = ("Text", "Family", "Font", "Stylesheet",
            "LEFT", "RIGHT", "CENTER", "JUSTIFY", "DEFAULT")
 
-# hopefully non-conflicting style name for the stylesheet defaults
-from plotdevice import __MAGIC as DEFAULT
-
 # text alignments
 LEFT = "left"
 RIGHT = "right"
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from AppKit import *
 from ..run import stacktrace, coredump
 from ..lib.io import MovieExportSession, ImageExportSession
-from plotdevice import util, context, gfx, DeviceError, __MAGIC as MAGICVAR
+from plotdevice import util, context, gfx, DeviceError
 
 __all__ = ['Sandbox']
 
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ def __init__(self, delegate=None):
         self.session = None     # the image/movie export session (if any)
         self.stationery = False # whether the script is from the examples folder
         self.delegate = None    # object with exportStatus and exportProgress methods
-        self.magicvar = 0       # used for value ladders
 
         # set up the graphics plumbing
         self.canvas = context.Canvas()
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ def compile(self, src=None):
         self.namespace.update(dict(self._env))
         # self.__doc__ = {}
         # self.namespace.update(dict( __doc__=self.__doc__, ))
-        self.namespace[MAGICVAR] = self.magicvar # Add the magic var
 
         result = Outcome(True, [])
         if not self._code:
@@ -191,9 +189,6 @@ def render(self, method=None):
         # Reset the context state (and bind the .gfx objects as a side-effect)
         self.context._resetContext()
 
-        # Initalize the magicvar
-        self.namespace[MAGICVAR] = self.magicvar
-
         # Set the frame/pagenum
         self.namespace['PAGENUM'] = self.namespace['FRAME'] = self._meta.next