On 2017-08-18 18:14, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote:
I'm so new I can't address the history but seeing where the fix was
implemented it should not fall out unless the build process is
significantly changed. It is in the same place all of the language
localization files are specified.
I can help fill in the history - yes we've broken it always accidentally
on numerous occasions; and then fixed it, and the broken it again, or
didn't really fix it properly or something (I can't make an excuse, or
give a good reason here - other than it just seems to happen
periodically!)
The issue here is that we don't have a test for whether it is working in
each built release - so that is the way to make sure it never happens
again.
@Brian: Would you be willing to write a test for this? It is going to be
a little tricky as it requires IPC (unless you can use send apple event,
to send one to the calling process), but there's an example of us doing
that already in the private data clipboardData test:
on TestClipboardPrivateKey
set the clipboardData["private"] to "Hello World!"
TestAssert "private key is present before external change", \
"private" is among the keys of the clipboardData
local tHelperFilename
set the itemDelimiter to slash
put format("%s/_clipboard_private_setter.livecodescript", \
_TestPath()) into tHelperFilename
if the environment is "command line" then
TestRunStack "-ui", tHelperFilename
else
TestRunStack "", tHelperFilename
end if
TestAssert "helper changed clipboard externally", the result is 0
if the platform is "Linux" then
TestAssertBroken "private key not present after external change",
\
"private" is not among the keys of the clipboardData, \
"Bug 19117"
else
TestAssert "private key not present after external change", \
"private" is not among the keys of the clipboardData
end if
end TestClipboardPrivateKey
This basically uses a sub-process to do something to the clipboard so
that the test process can check whether the private key disappears in
this case.
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
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Mark Waddingham ~ [email protected] ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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