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Re: Patch: GUI testing framework


Am Dienstag, 4. Januar 2005 17:39 schrieb Thomas Fitzsimmons:
> On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 10:02 +0100, Michael Koch wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 4. Januar 2005 00:36 schrieb Thomas Fitzsimmons:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This patch adds support to batch_run for running GUI tests,
> > > either within an Xvfb server (default) or directly on the
> > > tester's desktop.  It also introduces the GUI tag; all tests
> > > that require DISPLAY to be set should be tagged as GUI tests.
> > >
> > > I tested this with the java.awt.Robot tests I posted last week.
> > > The tests run properly both within Xvfb and on my desktop.
> >
> > Nice. Classpath has it now too, so we can generally test it too
> > directly.
> >
> > > I would like to rely on the metacity window manager, since it
> > > handles inset sizing correctly.
> >
> > Depending on a specific window manager is stupid. It just makes
> > the hurdles for users of mauve higher. If we have problems with a
> > specific window manager and its his fault and not ours we should
> > report bugs.
>
> OK.  Can we default to metacity?  I'm thinking of:
>
> if test "x$WM" = "x" ; then
>     WM=metacity
> fi
>
> Then you could set WM on the command line.

Why do you need the window manager at all ? Where does the $WM value 
get used ?


Michael
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