Add info on distribution status for MatrixWorkspace to workspace information

[Martyn Gigg]

To query if a workspace has the distribution flag set you currently have to write some Python code. In would seem more natural to put this information in the workspace information (what you see when you drop down a workspace name in MantidPlot) for a MatrixWorkspace. Something like

Distribution: True

should suffice I think.

I have marked this as framework because the information is actually populated from the MatrixWorkspace.toString() method.

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

add Distribution: True/False to MatrixWorkspace info, re #10072

Changeset: 06f628446391951abd9f4303b99d0a9080886f8f

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

update APITest_MatrixWorkspaceTest - 'Distribution: False, re #10072'

Changeset: 2fe0660f19b779c67315d975904ff4c8b06f3825

[Federico M Pouzols]

A new entry/line has been added in the workspace info string, as suggested in the ticket description. 'Distribution: True/False' goes immediately below "Y axis: ..."

To test:

Load different workspaces (with/without) distribution data. Check the info in the workspace tree, and check that the value of distribution matches what you get in the python command line:

mtd["workspace_name"].isDistribution()

Examples of files/workspaces with distribution data:

• In Test/AutoTestData/UsageData/saveNISTDAT_data.nxs

• Generate a workspace with distribution Y data using LoadVesubio (​http://docs.mantidproject.org/nightly/algorithms/LoadVesuvio-v1.html):

   ws=LoadVesuvio("14188", SpectrumList=135)
  

  (this requires EVS14188.raw which is found in systemtests/Data/)

Also, check that tests pass, especially APITest_MatrixWorkspaceTest.

[Dan Nixon]

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/feature/10072_distribution_status_info_for_matrixworkspace'

Full changeset: ​e946eedad6c36b559c3a52170f94e8843f0ac5e8

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​10914