Define a welcome message for Mantid.

Updated Python scripting startup to be slightly friendlier to this. 
Mantid part first so that the build goes in the right order.
Re #1791

Code/Installer/generateWxs.py

@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ addFileV('MantidProperties','Mantid.pro','Mantid.properties','Mantid.properties'
 MantidScript = addFileV('MantidScript','MScr.bat','MantidScript.bat','../Mantid/PythonAPI/MantidScript.bat',MantidDlls)
 addTo(MantidScript,'Shortcut',{'Id':'startmenuMantidScript','Directory':'ProgramMenuDir','Name':'Script','LongName':'Mantid Script','WorkingDirectory':'MantidBin'})
 addFileV('MantidStartup','MStart.py','MantidStartup.py','../Mantid/PythonAPI/MantidStartup.py',MantidDlls)
-addFileV('MantidHeader','MHeader.py','MantidHeader.py','../Mantid/PythonAPI/MantidHeader.py',MantidDlls)
 addFileV('MantidPythonAPI_pyd','MPAPI.pyd','MantidPythonAPI.pyd',MANTIDRELEASE + 'MantidPythonAPI.pyd',MantidDlls)
 addFileV('MantidAPI','MAPI.dll','MantidAPI.dll',MANTIDRELEASE + 'MantidAPI.dll',MantidDlls)
 addFileV('MantidGeometry','MGeo.dll','MantidGeometry.dll',MANTIDRELEASE + 'MantidGeometry.dll',MantidDlls)

Code/Mantid/Kernel/Kernel.vcxproj

@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="src\LogParser.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\MandatoryValidator.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\MaskedProperty.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="src\NeutronAtom.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\Property.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\PropertyHistory.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\PropertyManager.cpp" />
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="inc\mantidkernel\facilityinfo.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="inc\mantidkernel\instrumentinfo.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="inc\MantidKernel\LogParser.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="inc\MantidKernel\NeutronAtom.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="inc\MantidKernel\TimeSplitter.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="test\ArrayPropertyTest.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="inc\MantidKernel\BoundedValidator.h" />

Code/Mantid/Kernel/Kernel.vcxproj.filters

@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="src\LogParser.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\NeutronAtom.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="inc\MantidKernel\ArrayProperty.h">
@@ -368,6 +371,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="inc\MantidKernel\LogParser.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="inc\MantidKernel\NeutronAtom.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="test\TestChannel.hh">

Code/Mantid/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ namespace Poco
 
 namespace Mantid
 {
+  /**
+   * Returns the welcome message for Mantid. This is echoed to stdout by the
+   * ConfigService
+   */
+  static std::string welcomeMessage();
+
   namespace Kernel
   {
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -105,9 +111,7 @@ namespace Mantid
         std::string m_value; ///< The new value for the property
         std::string m_prev; ///< The previous value for the property
       };
-
-
-
+      
       /// Wipe out the current configuration and load a new one
       void updateConfig(const std::string& filename, const bool append=false, const bool update_caches=true);
       /// Save the configuration to the user file
@@ -122,19 +126,28 @@ namespace Mantid
       /// Return the user properties filename
       std::string getUserFilename() const;
 
-      // Searches for the given environment variable and returns it as a string
+      /** @name Host information */
+      //@{
+      /// Searches for the given environment variable and returns it as a string
       std::string getEnvironment(const std::string& keyName);
-
-      // Getters for properties of the host system
+      /// Returns the OS name
       std::string getOSName();
+      /// Returns the computer name
       std::string getComputerName();
+      /// Returns the architecture
       std::string getOSArchitecture();
+      /// Returns the OS version
       std::string getOSVersion();
+      /// Returns the current directory
       std::string getCurrentDir();
+      /// Returns the system's temp directory
       std::string getTempDir();
+      //@}
+
+      /// Returns the directory where the framework libraries lie
       std::string getBaseDir() const;
+      /// Returns a directory to use as a default output directory
       std::string getOutputDir() const;
-
       /// Get the list of search paths
       const std::vector<std::string>& getDataSearchDirs() const;
       /// Gets the instrument geometry filename

Code/Mantid/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp

@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
 
 namespace Mantid
 {
+  /**
+   * Returns the welcome message for Mantid. This is echoed to stdout by the ConfigService.
+   */
+  std::string welcomeMessage() 
+  {
+    return "Welcome to Mantid - Manipulation and Analysis Toolkit for Instrument Data";
+  }
+
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
@@ -178,6 +186,7 @@ ConfigServiceImpl::ConfigServiceImpl() :
 
   g_log.debug() << "ConfigService created." << std::endl;
   g_log.debug() << "Configured base directory of application as " << getBaseDir() << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "\n" << Mantid::welcomeMessage() << "\n" << std::endl;
   g_log.information() << "This is Mantid Version " << MANTID_VERSION << std::endl;
 }
 

Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/MantidHeader.py

-##########################################################
-#                                                        #
-# A wrapper module to handle creating the Mantid Python  # 
-# framework.                                             #
-#                                                        #
-##########################################################
-from MantidFramework import *    
-
-mtd.initialise(False)

Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/MantidStartup.py

-from MantidHeader import *
+from MantidFramework import *
+mtd.initialise()
 print "\n==== Mantid Scripting Interface ==== \n"
 print "Mantid Framework Manager 'mantid' ready.\n"
-mantidHelp()
+print "Type mtdHelp() for a list of available algorithms"
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