From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs test suite? Date: 16 Jan 2003 18:28:34 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042759698 5070 80.91.224.249 (16 Jan 2003 23:28:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ZJQm-0001JU-00 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:28:16 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18ZJZv-0006BR-00 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:37:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZJRR-0003dA-0A for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:28:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZJRH-0003Wj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:28:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZJRC-0003JS-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:28:45 -0500 Original-Received: from colo.agora-net.com ([207.245.84.69]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZJRC-0003HS-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:28:42 -0500 Original-Received: from ttn by colo.agora-net.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 18ZJR4-0007ch-00; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:28:34 -0500 Original-To: "Robert Anderson" In-Reply-To: "Robert Anderson"'s message of "Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:19:46 -0500" Original-Lines: 26 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10785 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10785 "Robert Anderson" writes: When I help identify and fix bugs, I like to be able to provide a "push-button" test case that demonstrates the problem, and prevents regression once the problem has been fixed. this approach is also useful for new code. When I run "make check" for GNU emacs, it tells me there are no tests for emacs yet. Have there been any initiatives to develop a testing system for emacs? that's what the ftp site is for, no? (half-smiley.) i'm in favor of such a system. for current-column munging (in the presence of variable-width fonts), i have a local testing setup but it is not generalized. this could be because testing interactive programs typically requires a driver program external to the one under test, and that starts stepping into debugger territory (where programmers' disparate debugging styles is nonregularizable). however, having said that, perhaps someone could build a system on top of screen(1), for text mode; and something analogous, for X. thi