Re: [Orgmode] Regression testing for org-mode

2008-10-23 Thread Robert Goldman
Avdi Grimm wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Eric Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm pessimistic that the colossal amount of work involved in wrapping >> all of org-modes extensive and varied functionality into a test >> framework can/should actually be completed. Would it be suffic

Re: [Orgmode] Regression testing for org-mode

2008-10-23 Thread Avdi Grimm
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Eric Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm pessimistic that the colossal amount of work involved in wrapping > all of org-modes extensive and varied functionality into a test > framework can/should actually be completed. Would it be sufficient to > simply begi

Re: [Orgmode] Regression testing for org-mode

2008-10-23 Thread Eric Schulte
I've added a "testing tools" section and a simple example of an org-mode test using ert to Sebastian's org testing page in worg. I don't mean to advocate for ert, it is simply the only elisp testing framework that I have any experience with. I'm pessimistic that the colossal amount of work invol

[Orgmode] Regression testing for org-mode

2008-10-23 Thread Robert Goldman
There's a page on the EmacsWiki describing schemes for unit/regression testing in emacs lisp: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/UnitTesting Perhaps we could pick up one of these? I haven't evaluated any of them. In response to Ben Alexander's question, yes, sometimes the screen output is wh