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together with the others when typing 'make', and also they can be selectively launched by using: ./run-tests.sh filename-in.sh. git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@39241 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
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Automated tests based on the "MonKey Testing" keytest program.
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WARNING!!
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Running the tests in this folder may cause abrupt kill of existing
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LyX instances on your system. In order to avoid any possible data
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loss, quit any running instance of LyX in which you're carrying out
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real work. Also, although precautions have been taken in order to not
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allow the key presses to reach non-LyX windows, this may sometimes
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happen anyway. Please, close any running application that is not
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strictly needed.
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DEPENDENCIES
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The following programs are needed by the testing framework:
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- xvkbd: a modified copy of xvkbd is included in this folder, and should
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be built before running the tests
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- wmctrl
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- pcregrep
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- Tcl/Tk (wish8.5)
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USAGE
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In order to launch all the tests available in this folder, just run
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make
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and do not interact with your computer while the tests are running.
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If you wish to launch one or more specific tests, then provide them
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as argument to the run-tests.sh script, e.g.:
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./run-tests.sh <whatever>*-in.txt
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For failed tests you get a folder with the logs that help you identify
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the problem.
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Despite the efforts to avoid it, sometimes a test fails simply because
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the key presses provided to the process are someway lost due to slow
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hardware, slow window manager, too beautiful and animated desktop,...
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When this happens, the tests should be run with a higher delay among
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key presses. The default of 100 milliseconds can be changed by setting
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the XVKBD_DELAY environment variable.
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The standard xvkbd available on your system may be used to run the
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tests. However, a custom xvkbd may optionally be used that forbids the
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testing framework to type into non-LyX windows and may mitigate the
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issue described right above. This option can be activated by defining
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the XVKBD_HACKED environment variable to any value.
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SYNTAX
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Each test-case script should be named as xxx-in.txt. The syntax of the
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script is described in detail in the sample test-case script
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hello-world-in.txt.
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Alternatively, a test-case can be an arbitrary executable script with
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name ending in "-in.sh", that is launched inside a dedicated folder,
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and to which the variables LYX_ROOT and LYX_EXE are exported, so that
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you can easily reference the root LyX sources folder and the program
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executable. The test script needs to complete with a no-error return
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value (zero), otherwise a failure is reported (see export-in.sh for
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an example).
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Whenever LyX is launched, in both cases, the LYX_USERDIR variable is
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set to autotests/out-home, in order to rely on clean preferences
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settings (use make clean or make without arguments in order to let
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that folder be created again).
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TODO
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Speed-up the execution of the tests as much as possible (i.e., get rid
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of heuristic waits when present and replace them with exact check of
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the condition we're waiting for).
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Allow for tests with multiple LyX instances, e.g., for copy&paste
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across LyX instances, or multiple applications, i.e., for testing
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the interaction between LyX and other applications.
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The modified xvkbd forces the focus on the specified target window
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(for safety reasons). Allow for a temporary disable of this within
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the scripts, whenever we need to interact with a pop-up dialog.
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