Refs #9451. Checkpoint progress. Doesn't work.

Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplot.py

@@ -953,3 +953,24 @@ def __getWorkspaceIndices(source):
     return index_list
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#=============================================================================
+# VSI Methods
+#=============================================================================
+
+def showVSI(source):
+    workspace_names = getWorkspaceNames(source)
+    try:
+        import mantidvsipython
+    except:
+        print "Could not find module mantidvsipython. Cannot open the VatesSimpleInterface."
+        return
+
+    vsi = mantidvsipython.Mantid.Vates.SimpleGui.MdViewerWidget()
+    threadsafe_call(vsi.setupPluginMode)
+    # -- Connect to main window's shut down signal ---
+    QtCore.QObject.connect(_qti.app, QtCore.SIGNAL("shutting_down()"),
+                           vsi, QtCore.SLOT("close()"))
+
+    threadsafe_call(vsi.show)
+    return proxies.MdViewerWidgetProxy(vsi)

Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplotpy/proxies.py

@@ -824,4 +824,13 @@ class FitBrowserProxy(QtProxyObject):
     def __init__(self, toproxy):
         QtProxyObject.__init__(self,toproxy)
 
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class MdViewerWidgetProxy(QtProxyObject):
+    """
+        Proxy for the MdViewerWidget object. 
+    """
+    def __init__(self, toproxy):
+        QtProxyObject.__init__(self,toproxy)
+
 

Code/Mantid/Vates/VatesSimpleGui/Python/mantidvsi.sip

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 %Import QtCore/QtCoremod.sip
 %Import QtGui/QtGuimod.sip
 
-%Import mantidqt.sip
-
 /******************************************************************/
 
 namespace Mantid
@@ -36,3 +34,7 @@ public:
 }; // namespace Vates
 }; // namespace Mantid
 
+// Push import of mantidqt.sip to end to avoid Vates namespace being 
+// placed in that module.
+
+%Import mantidqt.sip