Investigate problem with scoping in Python scripts running inside MantidPlot

[Martyn Gigg]

The following code runs perfectly fine in a stand-alone Python editor but it fails with a name error when run through MantidPlot

import re

def myfunc():

re.compile('regex') print 'done'

myfunc()

[Martyn Gigg]

(In [2292]) Fixed issues with scoping with Python and MantidPlot. All function definitions are now applied to the main global dictionary rather than the local one. Imported scripts that contain mantid commands will need to import the simple API separately since external scripts maintain a separate global dictionary. Re #506

[Martyn Gigg]

(In [2294]) The Python API now adds both the current directory and the scripts directory to its search path. There is a new property in Mantid.properties that indicates the location of the scripts directory. The default is set to the path for the installed layout on Windows machines. Re #506

[Martyn Gigg]

(In [2298]) Ensure that all sub-directories of the scripts directory are added as Python search paths. Re #506

[Martyn Gigg]

(In [2305]) This should fix Python scripting and the import search path. Re #506

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​1354