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* [PATCH 1/3] test: update documentation for test_emacs in test/README
@ 2011-07-04  1:59 Dmitry Kurochkin
  2011-07-04  1:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] test: improve known broken tests support Dmitry Kurochkin
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 51+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry Kurochkin @ 2011-07-04  1:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: notmuch

Update test_emacs documentation in test/README according to the latest
changes in emacs tests.  Move the note regarding setting variables
from test/emacs to test/README.
---
 test/README |   10 +++++++---
 test/emacs  |    5 -----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index f9ac607..a245bf1 100644
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -181,9 +181,13 @@ library for your script to use.
 
    This function executes the provided emacs lisp script within
    emacs. The script can be a sequence of emacs lisp expressions,
-   (that is, they will be evaluated within a progn form). The lisp
-   expressions can call `message' to generate output on stdout to be
-   examined by the calling test script.
+   (that is, they will be evaluated within a progn form). Emacs
+   stdout and stderr is not available, the common way to get output
+   is to save it to a file. There are some auxiliary functions
+   useful in emacs tests provided in test-lib.el. Do not use `setq'
+   for setting variables in Emacs tests because it affects other
+   tests that may run in the same Emacs instance.  Use `let' instead
+   so the scope of the changed variables is limited to a single test.
 
  test_done
 
diff --git a/test/emacs b/test/emacs
index 53f455a..f465e2b 100755
--- a/test/emacs
+++ b/test/emacs
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Note: do not use `setq' for setting variables in Emacs tests because
-# it affects other tests that may run in the same Emacs instance.  Use
-# `let' instead so the scope of the changed variables is limited to a
-# single test.
-
 test_description="emacs interface"
 . test-lib.sh
 
-- 
1.7.5.4

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2011-07-04  1:59 [PATCH 1/3] test: update documentation for test_emacs in test/README Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-07-04  1:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] test: improve known broken tests support Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-07-04  3:42   ` Austin Clements
2011-07-04  3:46     ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-07-04  1:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] test: add emacs test for hiding a message following an HTML part Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-09-26 11:01   ` David Bremner
2011-09-26 17:25     ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-10-01 11:51       ` David Bremner
2011-10-02  1:45         ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-10-03 12:39           ` Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 13:38             ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-10-03 14:27             ` David Bremner
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 00/13] Test prereqs and screen-based Emacs tests Thomas Jost
2011-11-01 19:54                 ` Pieter Praet
2011-11-13 17:46                   ` David Bremner
2011-11-16 13:03                     ` Pieter Praet
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 01/13] test: define a helper function for defining prereqs on executables Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 02/13] test: add 'GnuPG' prereq to dependent 'crypto' tests Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 03/13] test: add 'Emacs' " Thomas Jost
2011-11-01 19:56                 ` Pieter Praet
2011-11-01 20:15                   ` Pieter Praet
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 04/13] test: add 'Emacs' prereq to dependent 'emacs' tests Thomas Jost
2011-11-01 19:57                 ` Pieter Praet
2011-11-01 20:08                   ` Pieter Praet
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 05/13] test: add 'Emacs' prereq to dependent 'emacs-large-search-buffer' tests Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 06/13] test: run emacs inside screen Thomas Jost
2011-11-10  7:36                 ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2011-11-10  8:10                   ` Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 07/13] test: avoid using screen(1) configuration files Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 08/13] test: do not set frame width in emacs Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 09/13] test: `notmuch-show-advance-and-archive' with invisible signature Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 10/13] emacs: improve hidden signatures handling in notmuch-show-advance-and-archive Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 11/13] emacs: remove no longer used functions from notmuch-show.el Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 12/13] emacs: remove unused `point-invisible-p' function Thomas Jost
2011-10-03 16:47               ` [PATCH 13/13] test: make smtp-dummy work with Emacs 24 Thomas Jost
2011-11-13 19:09                 ` David Bremner
2011-12-15 12:14   ` [PATCH 3/3] test: add emacs test for hiding a message following an HTML part David Bremner
2011-12-15 17:27     ` Tom Prince
2011-12-16 18:51       ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-07-04  4:07 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] improved broken tests support and test for a bug Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-07-04  4:07   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] test: update documentation for test_emacs in test/README Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-07-04  4:07   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] test: improve known broken tests support Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-09-11 23:11     ` [PATCH] test: reset known_broken status in test_expect_equal and test_expect_equal_file david
2011-09-11 23:30       ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-09-11 23:51         ` David Bremner
2011-09-12  0:26           ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-09-13  2:41             ` [PATCH] test: reset test_subtest_known_broken_ after each success/failure david
2011-09-13 10:19               ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-09-13 11:39                 ` David Bremner
2011-07-04  4:07   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] test: add emacs test for hiding a message following an HTML part Dmitry Kurochkin
2011-09-10 18:08   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] improved broken tests support and test for a bug David Bremner

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