Before this change, the test suite reported many failed tests on machines where
screen is not installed (which is the case of many *BSD systems). This patch
makes the test suite try to use tmux, another terminal multiplexer, if screen is
not available.
---
 test/test-lib.sh |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index 0608e42..5851b3d 100755
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -860,12 +860,21 @@ EOF
 test_emacs () {
        if [ -z "$EMACS_SERVER" ]; then
                EMACS_SERVER="notmuch-test-suite-$$"
-               # start a detached screen session with an emacs server
+               # start a detached screen or tmux session with an emacs server
                screen -S "$EMACS_SERVER" -d -m "$TMP_DIRECTORY/run_emacs" \
                        --no-window-system \
                        --eval "(setq server-name \"$EMACS_SERVER\")" \
                        --eval '(server-start)' \
-                       --eval "(orphan-watchdog $$)" || return
+                       --eval "(orphan-watchdog $$)"
+               if [ "$?" != 0 ]
+               then
+                       tmux -f /dev/null -L "$EMACS_SERVER" new-session -d 
"$TMP_DIRECTORY/run_emacs \
+                               --no-window-system \
+                               --eval \"(setq server-name 
\\\"$EMACS_SERVER\\\")\" \
+                               --eval '(server-start)' \
+                               --eval \"(orphan-watchdog $$)\"" || return
+               fi
+
                # wait until the emacs server is up
                until test_emacs '()' 2>/dev/null; do
                        sleep 1
-- 
1.7.6

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