Re: [Libreoffice] concept for c++ based subsequenttests

Hi Markus,

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 14:59 +0100, Markus Mohrhard wrote:
> after we enabled subsequenttests in sc again we have now a lot of
> failing tests. Instead of debugging the java based tests I plan to
> rewrite them in c++ and fix them during that.

        Wow - that's lovely :-)

> I have attached a first patch that is only porting one part of a
> failing test to c++. It would be nice if someone could have a look at
> it and comment on my concept. The test itself is a bit ridiculous and
> I think the original author did some concept mistakes in this test.

        Nice stuff.

> - based on macros_test, and therefore loads a testfile through
> Desktop::loadComponentFromURL
> - inits the UI like the old subsequenttests

        Only one query; I wonder whether we should be using the flat (fods)
file-type for these tests - so we can read meaningful diffs to them in
the git history.

> The concept needs still a lot of love and is only intended as starting
> point. I hope that this makes debugging subsequenttests easier and
> writing new tests as easy as writing in-build tests.
>
> Do you have comments or suggestions?

        Sexiness :-) ...

        All the best,

                Michael.

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