From c8f16eaa9701d21f4ef9877a2804911f0a8c7577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martyn Gigg <martyn.gigg@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 07:41:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes for Red hat python problems with PYTHONPATH noticed by
 Pascal. Re #1221

---
 Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/mantidplotrc.py |  3 +++
 Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/src/main.cpp    | 13 -------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/mantidplotrc.py b/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/mantidplotrc.py
index adc28676547..ca04d82a695 100644
--- a/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/mantidplotrc.py
+++ b/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/mantidplotrc.py
@@ -75,5 +75,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                     calltip = args[index] + "," + calltip
             calltip = '(' + calltip.rstrip(',') + ')'
         return calltip
+    
+    import sys
+    sys.path.insert(0,'')
 else:
     raise ImportError("mantidplotrc.py is an initialization file for MantidPlot not an importable module")
diff --git a/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/src/main.cpp b/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/src/main.cpp
index 8da39551f41..fa1735f778b 100644
--- a/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/src/main.cpp
+++ b/Code/qtiplot/qtiplot/src/main.cpp
@@ -161,25 +161,12 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
       app.processEvents();
       splash.showMessage("Release: " + QString(MANTIDPLOT_RELEASE_DATE),Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignBottom);
 
-      QString path = argv[0];
-      int i = path.lastIndexOf('/');
-      if (i < 0) i = path.lastIndexOf('\\'); 
-      if (i>=0) 
-      {
-        path.remove(i,1000);
-        QDir::setCurrent(path);
-      }
-
       bool factorySettings = false;
       if (args.contains("-d") || args.contains("--default-settings"))
         factorySettings = true;
 
       ApplicationWindow *mw = new ApplicationWindow(factorySettings);
       mw->restoreApplicationGeometry();
-      /*if (mw->autoSearchUpdates){
-      mw->autoSearchUpdatesRequest = true;
-      mw->searchForUpdates();
-      }*/
       mw->parseCommandLineArguments(args);
       t.wait();
       splash.finish(mw);
-- 
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