Python Script Directory Issue in MantidPlot

[Owen Arnold]

• Go to Manage User Directories
• Go to the Python Script Directories Tab
• Browse to Directory and browse to any directory on your file system
• Click OK
• Now open your user properties file. You'll see the new entry under usersearch.directories this path is not appended to the PYTHONPATH and is therefore useless

I think we should fix this issue prior to the 3.2 release

[Nick Draper]

correct the key python dirs are saved to. re #9792

Changeset: fd7546d1349cb21300748931ac9b9b0ce7223cee

[Nick Draper]

now saves and loads from the pythonscripts.directories key.

To test

1. Start Mantidplot
2. click the manage directories button and the python directories tab
3. add a directory / reorder/delete
4. close the dialog
5. Open a Python window, this should reflect your changes

   import os
   print sys.path
   

6. Close mantidplot and look at mantid.user.properties.
7. your selections should be reflected in pythonscripts.directories
8. reopen mantidplot,and the fialog, check your changes have been preserved.

[Martyn Gigg]

There are some improvements to be made around how it handles appending/removing paths. #9806 has been opened to cover these.

[Martyn Gigg]

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/feature/9792_PythonScripts_Dialog'

Full changeset: ​e8acd6f388eee852fee42428d34629121e24cf74

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​10634