Improved the handling of scripts paths in the ConfigService so that there are two separate keys for the Python scripts: those required by Mantid and those specified by users.
Updated SANS interface so that it better handles being unable to find the reduction script. Re #1152 

Accidentally pre-empted a change to the Python API on my last change to the SANS script. Necessary minor changes was on my system but not yet checked in. Re #1088

descriptions. In order to include a type column, there is a new function in Kernel::System 
that gives back an unmangled string for some standard types that we use. Closes #666 and 
refs #705

Added two more arguments, enable and disable, to the Dialog API in Python. These can be used to list the parameters whose controls should be either enabled or disabled. Also added a help button that links to the mantidproject 
wiki page for each algorithm. Re #728

Relaxed requirement for every property to be a string in the Python interface. Strings still work though. Re #728

Closes #647 #668

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

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

some algorithms being run twice in a script. Re #359

separate thread and the user can continue interacting with 
MantidPlot. Re #359

Changed default scripting language in qtiplot to Python and added an init file to load Mantid API by default. Refs #268