annotate tests/automated/README @ 5923:61d7d7bcbe76 cygwin

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author Henry Thompson <ht@markup.co.uk>
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1 This directory contains XEmacs' automated test suite. The usual way
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2 of running all the tests is running `make check' from the top-level
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3 source directory.
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5 The test suite is unfinished and it's still lacking some essential
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6 features. It is nevertheless recommended that you run the tests to
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7 confirm that XEmacs behaves correctly.
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9 If you want to run a specific test case, you can do it from the
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10 command-line like this:
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12 $ xemacs -batch -l test-harness.elc -f batch-test-emacs TEST-FILE
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14 If something goes wrong, you can run the test suite interactively by
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15 loading `test-harness.el' into a running XEmacs and typing
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16 `M-x test-emacs-test-file RET <filename> RET'. You will see a log of
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17 passed and failed tests, which should allow you to investigate the
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18 source of the error and ultimately fix the bug.
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20 Adding a new test file is trivial: just create a new file here and it
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21 will be run. There is no need to byte-compile any of the files in
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22 this directory -- the test-harness will take care of any necessary
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23 byte-compilation.
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25 Look at the existing test cases for the examples of coding test cases.
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26 It all boils down to your imagination and judicious use of the macros
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27 `Assert', `Check-Error', `Check-Error-Message', and `Check-Message'.