DJ Delorie wrote: >> That, itself, sounds like a bug. One wag once said something similar about a CPU design project I was one. Paraphrasing: Just let some VP file a bug report that says: "Product XXX does not exist". Then we can just keep amending that one until we close it. That will greatly simplify having to remember various bug reference numbers.
> > Perhaps, but none of us have felt up to the challenge of creating a > testsuite that involves multiple operating systems and image matching. Yes, well. Been there a number of times, too. As to the multiple OS issue, I'd say just pick one and then trust the ./configure stuff to make the rest work and just spot check them. The graphical output part is always nasty. Back when I managed a validation lab that Windows GUI software came through, we had a tool that did two things. 1. It intercepted the Windows API calls and allowed you to check expected values for window decorations and widget contents. ie: Did a window titled "Foo Editor" just pop up? Does it have a button named "Close"?, etc. It also allowed you to script in clicks and such forth so you could automated driving the GUI around. It was a darn tedious tool to use. 2. The other major feature was a pixel-XOR for selected windows. This was problematic, in that any changes caused a fail. You could specify regions (simple rectangles, I think) to be ignored. Anyway, that about exhausts my memory of the tool -- I was in a pointy-hair position at the time and didn't actually spend any time driving the tool. It strikes me that now that gerbv has a library with a nice API, we could do something like a pixel-XOR tool. It's a pretty crude way to check GUI programs, but for simple test cases it may suffice. Doesn't do much for screen comparisons, though. -dave > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
